gun
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(noun) the discharge of a gun as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies; "a twenty gun salute" |
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Related Words: discharge, firing, firing off |
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(verb) shoot with a gun |
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Related Words: machine gun, shoot |
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(noun) a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) |
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Related Words: Quaker gun, ack-ack, ack-ack gun, air gun, airgun, antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, arm, cannon, firearm, flak, gas gun, minute gun, piece, pom-pom, set gun, small-arm, spring gun, weapon, weapon system, whaling gun |
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(noun) a hand-operated pump that resembles a gun; forces grease into parts of a machine |
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Synonyms: grease-gun |
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Related Words: pump |
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(noun) a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability) |
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Synonyms: gunman |
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Related Words: shooter, shot |
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(noun) large but transportable armament |
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Synonyms: artillery, heavy weapon, ordnance |
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Related Words: armament, bricole, cannon, catapult, field artillery, four-pounder, onager |
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(noun) a professional killer who uses a gun |
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Synonyms: gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, shooter, torpedo |
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Related Words: liquidator, murderer |
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(noun) a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" |
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Synonyms: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, throttle |
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Related Words: foot lever, pedal, treadle |
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