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Definition of Gun
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Gun
of Gin A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon, ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc. See these terms in the Vocabulary. A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon. Violent blasts of wind. To practice fowling or hunting small game; -- chiefly in participial form; as, to go gunning. Related Definitions:
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Gun Quotations
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. Dwight D. Eisenhower I have a love interest in every one of my films - a gun. Arnold Schwarzenegger I don't care if I fall as long as someone else picks up my gun and keeps on shooting. Che Guevara Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. Mao Tse-Tung When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand. Raymond Chandler |
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Gun Translations
gun in Dutch is roer, geweer gun in French is as, rigolo, fusil, pistolet gun in Italian is rivoltella, pistola, cannone, fucile gun in Portuguese is injetor, espingarda gun in Spanish is as, escopeta, fusil, arma de fuego, pistola |
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