gun

[US]/ɡʌn/
[UK]/ɡʌn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. firearm, signal for starting a race
vt. to shoot a gun
vt. & vi. to accelerate rapidly.

Phrases & Collocations

machine gun

spray gun

electron gun

gun control

welding gun

jump the gun

air gun

big gun

gun barrel

gun for

glue gun

gas gun

water gun

antiaircraft gun

oil gun

under the gun

gun drill

gun drilling

laser gun

gun tube

Example Sentences

The gun is in battery.

the gun spoke again.

charge a gun with powder

a gun with double barrels

There was a bang as the gun was fired.

there was a dull thud as the gun discharged.

a burst of machine-gun fire.

a machine-gun style of speaking.

train one's gun on the enemy

aim one's gun at the enemy

range a gun on a particular object

The big guns replied.

Real-world Examples

Really? You have a piercing gun? No.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 9

Well, maybe he wanted it To muffle the gun.

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 4

But he may have jumped the gun.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Just give me the portal gun and let's go, please.

Source: Rick and Morty Season 1 (Bilingual)

I found a gun under my sofa cushion.

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 7

Mr. White takes out a large gun.

Source: Global Slow English

Did you get to shoot any guns?

Source: International students in China

Where did you get the gun, Anne?

Source: American Horror Story: Season 2

You know the gun that he holds?

Source: Connection Magazine

He aimed the gun at the thief.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

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