I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , heavy
▪ loaded
▪ enemy
▪
They succeeded in silencing the enemy ~s.
▪ anti-aircraft , anti-tank , artillery , field , hand (usually handgun ) , machine , semi-automatic
▪
a.50-calibre/.50-caliber machine ~
▪ .45-calibre/.45-caliber , .50-calibre/.50-caliber , etc.
▪ stun , taser , tranquillizer/tranquilizer
▪ laser , radar (= used by the police to check the speed of cars)
▪ harpoon , spear (usually speargun )
▪ glue ( AmE ), nail , pellet , spray , staple
▪ fake , replica , toy
▪ air
▪ squirt , water (both AmE ) ( water pistol in BrE )
▪ paintball
VERB + GUN
▪ be armed with , carry , have , tote ( informal , esp. AmE )
▪
Look out! He has a ~!
▪ load , reload
▪
I loaded the ~ with my last two bullets.
▪ draw , produce , pull , pull out
▪
He pulled a ~ from his pocket.
▪ brandish , wave , wave around , wield
▪
She brandished the ~ menacingly.
▪ aim , hold , point , raise
▪
He raised his ~, aimed and fired.
▪ cock
▪
He grinned and cocked the ~ with his thumb.
▪ man
▪
Enemy ship approaching! Man the ~s!
▪ handle , use
▪ fire , shoot
▪ drop , lay down , lower , put down
▪ holster ( esp. AmE )
▪
Jorge quickly holstered his ~.
▪ silence
GUN + VERB
▪ blaze , fire , go off
▪
Guns were firing and grenades going off all around.
▪ aim at sb/sth , point at sb/sth
▪ shoot sth
▪
This new ~ shoots a laser beam at the target.
▪ jam
▪ be mounted
▪
There was a machine ~ mounted on the back of the Jeep.
GUN + NOUN
▪ control ( esp. AmE ), law
▪
a state that has strict ~ control laws
▪
a ~ control advocate
▪ crime , violence
▪
Anyone can be affected by ~ violence.
▪ culture
▪
These kids have grown up in a drugs and ~ culture.
▪ safety ( esp. AmE )
▪
My big brother taught me about ~ safety.
▪ ban ( esp. AmE )
▪ amnesty ( BrE )
▪
The police pointed to the success of a ~ amnesty earlier this year.
▪ lobby
▪
the powerful ~ lobby in the US
▪ shop , store (both esp. AmE )
▪ dealer , maker , manufacturer
▪ owner
▪ ownership , possession
▪ enthusiast , nut ( esp. AmE )
▪ club
▪ show ( AmE )
▪ attack , battle
▪ crew
▪ emplacement , position
▪ turret
▪ carriage ( esp. BrE )
▪ barrel
▪ rack
▪ belt
▪
They grudgingly took off their ~ belts and holsters.
PHRASES
▪ the barrel of a ~
▪
I found myself looking down the barrel of a ~.
▪ ~s and ammunition
▪
We're very short of ~s and ammunition.
▪ hold a ~ on sb , hold a ~ to sb's head
▪
Two armed men held a ~ to his head and made him empty the safe.
▪ a/the smoking ~ (= something that shows that sb has done sth wrong or illegal)
▪
There's no smoking ~ that they have found to date.
▪ turn a ~ on yourself
▪
The gunman turned the ~ on himself.
II.
verb
Gun is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ engine