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.
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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.
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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