gun
To shoot with a gunTo shoot with a gun.
» Put the gun on the table.
Leg die Pistole auf den Tisch. — MUIRIEL
Lege das Gewehr auf den Tisch. — Esperantostern
Положи пистолет на стол. — Gruzilkin
Положите пистолет на стол. — marafon
Поклади пістолет на стіл. — deniko
Покладіть пістолет на стіл. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
7 senses(transitive)To shoot with a gun.
shoot with a gun
(transitive)To cause to speed up.
He gunned the engine.
приба́вить газуpribávitʹ gazu, газова́тьgazovátʹ, газану́тьgazanútʹ
(informal)To offer vigorous support to (a person or cause).
We're all gunning for you.
(informal)To strongly desire or seek, and make a great effort to obtain (something which one is 'gunning for' or 'gunning to do').
To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone; used with for.
He's been gunning for you ever since you embarrassed him at the party.
To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning.
(US, ambitransitive, slang)Synonym of gun down (“to masturbate while making sustained eye contact with someone — typically a female prison officer — as a form of intimidation”).
Examples
1683 sentencesPut the gun on the table.
Поклади пістолет на стіл. — deniko
ruПоложи пистолет на стол. — Gruzilkin
deLeg die Pistole auf den Tisch. — MUIRIEL
Who does the gun belong to?
Кому належить пістолет? — deniko
ruКому принадлежит ружьё? — marafon
deWem gehört das Gewehr? — MUIRIEL
Have you ever shot a gun?
Ти коли-небудь стріляв із пістолета? — deniko
Tom has a large gun collection.
Том має велику колекцію зброї. — Anjy
I have a permit for this gun.
У мене є дозвіл на цю зброю. — deniko
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English gunne, gonne, possibly from Gunnhild, a female given name formerly useFrom Middle English gunne, gonne, possibly from Gunnhild, a female given name formerly used as a nickname for engines of war (compare Nordic Gunn, a female name meaning “battle”). The name is composed of the Norse elements gunnr and hildr, both meaning "battle".
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Forms
guns, gunning, gunned, gunnedPhrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbsSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- had a gun
- carrying a gun
- gun was loaded
- buy a gun
- a gun in
- his gun and
- cleaning his gun
- his gun at
- reloaded his gun
- a gun owner
- gun in his
- own a gun
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.