Defenition of the word gun

• Defenition of the word gun

  • A language of Benin and Nigeria
  • A bullet firing weapon.
  • a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas"
  • large but transportable armament
  • a hand-operated pump that resembles a gun; forces grease into parts of a machine
  • the discharge of a gun as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies; "a twenty gun salute"
  • a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
  • shoot with a gun
  • a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
  • a professional killer who uses a gun
  • the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
  • a pedal that controls the throttle valve
  • a hand-operated pump that resembles a revolver; forces grease into parts of a machine

Synonyms for the word gun

• • accelerator
  • accelerator pedal
  • artillery
  • cannon
  • firearm
  • gas
  • gas pedal
  • grease-gun
  • gunman
  • gunslinger
  • handgun
  • heavy weapon
  • hired gun
  • hit man
  • ordnance
  • pistol
  • revolver
  • rifle
  • shooter
  • throttle
  • torpedo

Similar words in the gun

• • gun
  • gun down
  • gun's
  • gunboat
  • gunboat's
  • gunboats
  • gunfight
  • gunfight's
  • gunfighting
  • gunfights
  • gunfire
  • gunfire's
  • gunfought
  • gunk
  • gunk's
  • gunman
  • gunman's
  • gunmen
  • gunned
  • gunner
  • gunner's
  • gunners
  • gunnery
  • gunnery's
  • gunning
  • gunny
  • gunny's
  • gunnysack
  • gunnysack's
  • gunnysacks
  • gunpoint
  • gunpoint's
  • gunpowder
  • gunpowder's
  • gunrunner
  • gunrunner's
  • gunrunners
  • gunrunning
  • gunrunning's
  • gunshot
  • gunshot's
  • gunshots
  • gunslinger
  • gunslinger's
  • gunslingers
  • gunsmith
  • gunsmith's
  • gunsmiths
  • gunther
  • gunther's
  • gunwale
  • gunwale's
  • gunwales

Meronymys for the word gun

• • action
  • aeroplane
  • airplane
  • auto
  • automobile
  • barrel
  • battery
  • car
  • cartridge clip
  • cartridge ejector
  • cartridge extractor
  • cartridge holder
  • cartridge remover
  • clip
  • ejector
  • extractor
  • firing chamber
  • firing mechanism
  • gun barrel
  • gun chamber
  • gun muzzle
  • gun trigger
  • gunlock
  • gunpoint
  • gunsight
  • gunstock
  • machine
  • magazine
  • motorcar
  • muzzle
  • plane
  • safety catch
  • safety lock
  • stock
  • trigger

Hyponyms for the word gun

• • ack-ack
  • ack-ack gun
  • air gun
  • air rifle
  • airgun
  • antiaircraft
  • antiaircraft gun
  • arbalest
  • arbalist
  • ballista
  • breechloader
  • bricole
  • cannon
  • catapult
  • field artillery
  • field gun
  • firearm
  • flack
  • flak
  • four-pounder
  • gas gun
  • machine gun
  • mangonel
  • minute gun
  • onager
  • piece
  • pom-pom
  • Quaker gun
  • set gun
  • small-arm
  • spring gun
  • trebuchet
  • trebucket
  • whaling gun

Hypernyms for the word gun

• • arm
  • armament
  • blast
  • discharge
  • firing
  • firing off
  • foot lever
  • foot pedal
  • liquidator
  • manslayer
  • murderer
  • pedal
  • pump
  • shoot
  • shooter
  • shot
  • treadle
  • weapon
  • weapon system

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