GUN


Meaning of GUN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ gʌn ]

( guns, gunning, gunned)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

A gun is a weapon from which bullets or other things are fired.

He produced a gun and he came into the house...

The inner-city has guns and crime and drugs and deprivation.

...gun control laws.

N-COUNT

2.

A gun or a starting gun is an object like a gun that is used to make a noise to signal the start of a race.

The starting gun blasted and they were off.

N-COUNT

3.

To gun an engine or a vehicle means to make it start or go faster by pressing on the accelerator pedal. ( mainly AM )

He gunned his engine and drove off.

VERB : V n

4.

see also airgun , machine-gun , shotgun , sub-machine gun

5.

If you come out with guns blazing or with all guns blazing , you put all your effort and energy into trying to achieve something.

The company came out with guns blazing.

PHRASE : PHR after v

6.

If you jump the gun , you do something before everyone else or before the proper or right time. ( INFORMAL )

It wasn’t due to be released until September 10, but some booksellers have jumped the gun and decided to sell it early.

PHRASE : V inflects

7.

If you stick to your guns , you continue to have your own opinion about something even though other people are trying to tell you that you are wrong. ( INFORMAL )

He should have stuck to his guns and refused to meet her.

PHRASE : V inflects

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.