gain |
| noun
- The act of gaining.
- What one gains, as a return on investment or dividend.
- No pain, no .
- (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
verb
- (transitive): To acquire possession of what one did not have before.
| | gall |
| noun (countable galls and uncountable)
- (anatomy) (obsolete) (uncountable) bile, Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gallbladders, structures associated with the liver.
- (anatomy) The gallbladder.
- 1611 He shall flee from the iron weapon and the bow of steel shall strike him through. It is drawn and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall. Job 20:24 & 25 KJV
- (uncountable) Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
- 1611 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth and wormwood " Deuteronomy 29:18 KJV
- (countable) A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii).
- 1974 Even so, Redi retained a belief that in certain other cases--the origin of parasites inside the human or animal body or of grubs inside of oak galls--there must be spontaneous generation. Bit by bit the evidence grew against such views. In 1670 Jan Swammerdam, painstaking student of the insect's life cycle, suggested that the grubs in galls were enclosed in them for the sake of nourishment and must come from insects that had inserted their semen or their eggs into the plants. " http://etext.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv2-34 Dictionary of the History of Ideas.
- (countable) A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
- 1653 But first for your Line. First note, that you are to take care that your hair be round and clear, and free from galls, or scabs, or frets: for a well- chosen, even, clear, round hair, of a kind of glass-colour, will prove as strong as three uneven scabby hairs that are ill-chosen, and full of galls or unevenness. You shall seldom find a black hair but it is round, but many white are flat and uneven; therefore, if you get a lock of right, round, clear, glass-colour hair, make much of it. " Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler, http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=659275809&tag=Walton,+Izaak:+The+Compleat+Angler:+or,+The+Contemplative+Man`s+Recreation,+1653+(1927)&query=+gall&id=WalAngl Chapter 21.
- (uncountable) A feeling of exasperation.
- 1792 It moves my to hear a preacher descanting on dress and needle-work; and still more, to hear him address the British fair, the fairest of the fair, as if they had only feelings. " Mary Wollstonecraft, http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=748183189&tag=Wollstonecraft,+Mary,+1759-1797:+A+vindication+of+the+rights+of+woman,+1892&query=gall+to&id=WolVind A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
- (uncountable) An action demonstrating impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah.
- 1918 "Durn ye!" he cried. "I'll lam ye! Get offen here. I knows ye. Yer one o' that gang o' bums that come here last night, an' now you got the to come back beggin' for food, eh? I'll lam ye!" and he raised the gun to his shoulder. " Arthur Conan Doyle, The Oakdale Affair, http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=124017217&tag=Burroughs,+Edgar+Rice,+1875-1950:+The+Oakdale+Affair,+1918&query=the+gall&id=BurOakd Chapter 6.
- (medicine) (obsolete) (countable) A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister.
- 1892 The runaway slave came to my house and stopt outside,
- I heard his motions crackling the twigs of the woodpile,
- Through the swung half-door of the kitchen I saw him limpsy and weak,
- And went where he sat on a log and led him in and assured him,
- And brought water and fill'd a tub for his sweated body and bruis'd feet,
- And gave him a room that enter'd from my own, and gave him some coarse clean clothes,
- And remember perfectly well his revolving eyes and his awkwardness,
- And remember putting plasters on the galls of his neck and ankles;
- He staid with me a week before he was recuperated and pass'd north,
- I had him sit next me at table, my fire-lock lean'd in the corner. " Walt Whitman, http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&grouping=match&docs=TEI2&query=galls&sample=1-100&id=Whi1855 "Song of Myself", Leaves of Grass''.
- (countable) A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
- Riding a horse with bruised or broken skin can cause a , which frequently results in the white saddle marks seen on the withers and backs of some horses. " http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000001-d000100/d000027/d000027.html National Ag Safety Database (Centers for Disease Control).
- (countable) A pit caused on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
verb
- To be troubled or bothered by.
- 1883 I went below, and did what I could for my wound; it pained me a good deal, and still bled freely; but it was neither deep nor dangerous, nor did it greatly me when I used my arm. " w:Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson, ''w:Treasure Island, Treasure Island, http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=595860674&tag=Stevenson,+Robert+Louis,+1850-1894:+Treasure+Island,+1883&query=+gall&id=SteTrea Chapter 27.
- To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
- June 24, 1778 The disposition for these detachments is as follows -- Morgans corps, to gain the enemy's right flank; Maxwells brigade to hang on their left. Brigadier Genl. Scott is now marching with a very respectable detachment destined to the enemys left flank and rear. " George Washington, The Writings of George Washington From the Original Manuscript Sources: http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=675205858&tag=Washington,+George,+1732-1799:+The+writings+of+George+Washington+from+the+original+manuscript+sources:+Volume+12,+1745-1799&query=+gall&id=WasFi12 Volume 12, 1745-1799.
- To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
- To exasperate.
- 1979 Metrinko was hungry, but he was galled by how self-congratulatory his captors seemed, how generous and noble and proudly Islamic. " Mark Bowden, "Captivity Pageant", The Atlantic, Volume 296, No. 5, pp. 92-97, http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200512/december-1979/4 December, 1979.
- To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
- Improper cooling and a dull milling blade on titanium can the surface
| gallery |
| noun (galler, ies)
- A, institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of work of art, works of art.
- An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
- uppermost, Uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
| game |
| noun
- (countable) A pursuit or activity with rules performed either alone or with others, for the purpose of entertainment.
- Shall we play a ?
- (in plural games) Sport played in a lesson at school.
- (uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.
- The forest has plenty of .
- (countable) The entire being of an industry, activity or profession.
- When it comes to making sales, John is the best in the .
verb (gam, ing)
- (intransitive) To gamble.
- (intransitive) To play games and be a gamer.
- (transitive) To use a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
- We'll bury them in paperwork, and the system.
adjective (gamer, gamest)
- Willing to participate. (''No (compar) or (superl).)
- I'm , would you like to tell me how to do that? - From the computer game Adventure.
- Having the slightly unpleasant taste of (hunted wildlife.)
| gasp |
| noun
- A short, sudden intake of breath.
- The audience gave a of astonishment
- : A draw or drag on a cigerette (or gasper).
- I'm popping out for a .
verb
- (intransitive): To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
- The audience gasped as the magician dissapeared
- (intransitive): To breath laboriously or convulsively.
- We were all gasping when we reached the summit
- (transitive): To speak in a breathless manner
- The old man gasped his last few words
| gather |
| noun (plural: gathers)
- A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
- The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
- The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See Gather, v. t., 7.
verb - To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.
- To pick out and bring together from among what is of less value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to pick off; to pluck.
- To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little; to amass; to gain; to heap up.
- To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a ruffle.
- To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments that prove; to infer; to conclude.
- I you mean I'm ignorant rather than stupid.
- To gain; to win.
- To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue, or the like.
- To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope.
- To come together; to collect; to unite; to become assembled; to congregate.
- To grow larger by accretion; to increase.
- To concentrate; to come to a head, as a sore, and generate pus; as, a boil has gathered.
- To collect or bring things together.
| gear |
| noun
- (uncountable) equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
- (countable) a wheel with grooves (tooth, teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
- (countable) a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.
- (countable) A configuration of the transmission of an motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque
verb to gear
- To fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
| get |
| noun
- A git.
<!--an idiot, a contemptible person
- Although is the original word, the derived word git is more common.-->
verb (gets, getting, got, got, (North American or British archaic) gotten )
- (transitive) To obtain, purchase or acquire.
- I'm going to a computer tomorrow from the discount store.
- You need to permission to leave early.
- (transitive) To receive.
- I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.
- ''He got a severe reprimand for that.
- (transitive) To fetch.
- Can you my bag from the living-room, please?
- (intransitive) To become.
- I'm getting hungry, how about you?
- Don't drunk tonight.
- (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about
- That song gets me so depressed every time I hear it.
- I'll this finished by lunchtime.
- I can't these boots off.
- (transitive) To cause to do.
- Somehow she got him to agree to it.
- I can't it to work.
- (intransitive) To arrive at or progress towards (a place or outcome).
- When are we going to to London?
- We're slowly getting there.
- Get over here!
- (intransitive) (with various prepositions, such as into, over, behind etc.; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over etc.) To adopt or assume (a certain position or state).
- The actors are getting into position.
- I'm getting into a muddle.
- We got behind the wall.
- (intransitive) To begin (doing something).
- We ought to moving or we'll be late.
- After lunch we got chatting.
- (transitive) To catch a means of public transport.
- I normally the 7.45 train.
- (context, transitive, idiom) To answer the phone or the door, etc.
- Can you that call, please? I'm busy.
- (intransitive) (with infinitive) To be able, permitted; to have the opportunity (to do something).
- I'm so jealous that you got to see them perform live!
- (context, transitive, colloquial) To understand.
- Yeah, I it, it's just not funny.
- He's weird. I don't him.
- Do you math class?
- I don't what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!
- (context, transitive) To be; used to form a passive voice.
- He got bitten by a dog.
- (context, transitive, colloquial) To catch (a disease).
- I went on holiday and got malaria.
- (context, transitive, colloquial) To catch out, trick.
- He keeps calling pretending to be my boss – it gets me every time.
- (context, transitive, colloquial) To perplex, stump.
- That question's really got me.
- (transitive) To find as an answer.
- What did you for question four?
- (context, transitive, colloquial) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to physically assault.
- The cops finally got me.
- I'm gonna him for that.
- (context, transitive, colloquial) To hear.
- Sorry, I didn't that. Could you repeat it?
| gill |
| noun (rfc-level, Noun at L4+ not in L3 POS section)
- The breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
- One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, on the surface of which the spore-producing organs are borne.
| give |
| noun
- (uncountable) The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it.
- This chair doesn't have much give.
verb (gives, giving, gave, given)
- (ditransitive) To transfer the possession or holding of (something to someone or something else).
- (intransitive) To bend slightly when a force is applied.
- (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability for something).
- I it ten minutes before he gives up.
- I it a 95% chance of success.
- I'll give their marriage six months.''
| glory |
| noun (plural: glories)
- Great beauty or splendour, of such overwhelmingness that it is considered powerful.
- honour, Honour and valour.
- worship, Worship or praise, as in glory to God.
- optical, Optical phenomenon caused by water dropplets.
verb (glor, i, ed)
- To exult with joy; to rejoice.
- 1891: w:Thomas Hardy, Thomas Hardy, s:Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- : He says he glories in what happened, and that good may be done indirectly; but I wish he would not so wear himself out now he is getting old, and would leave such pigs to their wallowing.
- To boast; to be proud.
| glove |
| noun
- An item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but allowing independent movement of the fingers.
- I wore gloves to keep my hands warm.
- The champ laced on his gloves before the big bout.
- (baseball) The ability to catch a hit ball.
- Frederico had a great , but he couldn't hit a curveball, so he never broke into the pros.
verb (glov, ing)
- (context, baseball, transitive) To catch the ball in a baseball mitt
- He gloved the line drive for the third out.
- (transitive) To put on a glove.
- Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger.
| Gnat |
| proper noun (plural: Gnats)
- A type of jet fighter aircraft.
| go |
| noun
- A turn at something.
- You"ve been on it long enough"now let your brother have a .
- A turn in a game.
- It"s your .
- An attempt.
- I"ll give it a .
- An approval to do something or a something that has been approved to do.
- We will begin as soon as the boss says it's a .
| going |
| verb - (present participle of, go)
| good |
| noun
- The forces or behaviors that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
- A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
- The abstract instantiation of something qualified by the adjective; e.g., "The best is the enemy of the good."
adjective (better, best)
- Acting in the interest of good; ethical (good intentions).
- useful, Useful for a particular purpose (it"s a good watch).
- Of food, edible; not stale or rotten.
- still
- Of food, having a particularly pleasant taste.
- Of food, healthful; full of vitamins and minerals.
- Pleasant; enjoyable.
- a time
- Of people, competent or talented.
- a swimmer
- effective, Effective.
- a worker
- favourable, Favourable.
- a omen
- weather
- beneficial, Beneficial; worthwhile.
- a job
- (colloquial) With "and", extremely. (The soup is good and hot.)
- Goody-goody; lacking in spirit or personality.
- (context, especially when capitalized) holy, Holy.
- A reasonable amount of time
- a while longer
- all in time
- 1883: w:Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island, Treasure Island
- : The white rock, visible enough above the brush, was still some eighth of a mile further down the spit, and it took me a goodish while to get up with it, crawling, often on all fours, among the scrub.
adverb
- (nonstandard) well, Well.
- 2007 April 19, w:Jimmy Wales, Jimmy Wales, "Jimmy Wales on the User-Generated Generation", w:Fresh Air, Fresh Air, WHYY, Pennsylvania http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9683874
- : The one thing that we can't do...is throw out the baby with the bathwater.... We know our process works pretty darn and, uh, it"s really sparked this amazing phenomenon of this...high-quality website.
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| Gordian |
| adjective - Of or pertaining to Gordium, capital of Phrygia (now Yassihí¼yí¼k in Turkey).
- Of the Gordian knot.
- twist, Twisted; convoluted; tied as a knot.
| gorge |
| noun
- A deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides; a ravine
- The throat or gullet
verb (gorg, ing)
- (context, reflexive, followed by on) To eat greedily and in large quantities.
- They gorged themselves on chocolate and cake.
adjective
- (slang) Gorgeous.
- Oh, look at him, isn't he gorge!
| grab |
| noun
- the act of grabbing something or someone
- a mechanical device that grabs
verb (grabb, ing)
- to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
- to restrain someone; to arrest
- to grip the attention; to enthrall
| Grace |
| proper noun
- (given name, female) from the noun grace
| grade |
| noun
- A rating.
- I gave him a good for effort.
- A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
- This fine- coin from 1837 is worth a good amount.
- A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage
- ''The of this hill is more than 5 percent
- A level of pre-collegiate education
- Clancy is entering the fifth this year.
- An area that has been graded by a grader (construction machine)
- The level of the ground.
- This material absorbs moisture and is probably not a good choice for use below .
verb (grades, grading, graded)
- To score an academic test.
- To assign a score to overall academic performance.
- To flatten and even out or smooth a large surface.
| grain |
| noun
- (uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
- We stored a thousand tons of for the winter.
- (countable) A single seed of grain.
- a of wheat
- (context, countable, uncountable) The crops from which grain is harvested.
- The fields were planted with .
- (uncountable) A linear texture of a material or surface.
- Cut along the of the wood.
- (countable) A single particle of a substance.
- a of sand
- a of salt
- (uncountable) A very small unit of weight, in England equal to 1/480 of an ounce troy, 0.0648 grams or, to be more exact, 64.79891 milligrams. A carat grain or pearl grain is 1/4 carat or 50 milligrams. The old French grain was 1/9216 livre or 53.11 milligrams, and in the mesures usuelles permitted from 1812 to 1839, with the livre redefined as 500 grams, it was 54.25 milligrams.
- (materials) a region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction
| grass |
| noun (es, -)
- (context, countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem, wrap around it for a distance, and leave, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
- A lawn.
- (context, slang, uncountable) marijuana, Marijuana.
- (slang) An informer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities.
verb (grass, es)
- (transitive) To lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.).
- 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Naval Treaty", Norton 2005, p.709:
- :He flew at me with his knife, and I had to him twice, and got a cut over the knuckles, before I had the upper hand of him.
- (context, transitive, or, intransitive, slang) To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities.
| grave |
| noun
- An accent used in French, Italian and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent.
verb (graves, graving, graved or grove, graved or graven)
- (transitive) To dig. (Obs.) w:Geoffrey Chaucer, Chaucer.
- He hath graven and digged up a pit. "Ps. VII 16 (w:Book of Prayer, Book of Prayer).
- (transitive) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
- Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and on them the names of the children of Israel. "Ex. XXVIII.,9.
- This be the verse you for me / “Here he lies where he longs to be” " w:Robert Louis Stevenson, Stevenson, Requiem
- (transitive) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image.
- With gold men may the hearte . "w:Geoffrey Chaucer, Chaucer.
- (transitive) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
- O! may they graven in thy heart remain. "w:Matthew Prior, Prior.
- (transitive) To entomb; to bury. (Obs.) "w:Geoffrey Chaucer, Chaucer.
- Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground. "w:William Shakespeare, Shakespeare.
- (context, transitive, nautical) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch " so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.
- (intransitive) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
adjective (graver, gravest)
- (obsolete) Of great weight; heavy; ponderous.
- His shield and great. "w:George Chapman, Chapman.
- Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc.
- Most potent, , and reverend seigniors. "w:William Shakespeare, Shakespeare.
- A and prudent law, full of moral equity. "W:John Milton, Milton.
- Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face.
- (music) Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, a grave note or key.
- The thicker the cord or string, the more is the note or tone. "w:Moore, Moore (Encyc. of Music).
- (music) Slow and solemn in movement.
:: {Grave accent}. (Pron.) See the Note under Accent, n., 2.
| grease |
| noun (rfc-level, Noun at L4+ not in L3 POS section)
- Animal fat in a melted or soft state; oily or fatty matter of any kind.
- Inflammation of a horse's heels also knowen as scratches (pastern dermatitis).
verb (greas, ing)
- Put grease or fat on something to lubricate.
- To bribe.
- (italbrac, aviation slang) To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.
- To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.
- (slang) To kill
| ground |
| noun
- The surface of the Earth.
- terrain, Terrain.
- soil, Soil, earth.
- The worm crawls through the .
- The bottom of a body of water.
- basis, Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
- background, Background, context, framework, surroundings.
- A soccer stadium.
- Manchester United's is known as Old Trafford.
- An electrical conductor connected to the ground.
- The British equivalent is earth.
- A level of electrical potential used as a zero reference.
- (cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; that part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground)
verb
- To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
- (transitive) To require a disobedient child to remain at home, usually as a punishment.
- The teenager's father decided to ground him for two weeks after he broke curfew again.
- (transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
- Becasue of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.
- (baseball) to hit a ground ball; to hit a ground ball which results in an out. Compare fly (verb(regular)) and line (verb).
- Jones grounded to second in his last at-bat.
- (cricket) (of a batsman) to place his bat, or part of his body, on the ground behind the popping crease so as not to be run out
| guard |
| noun
- a person who protects or watches over something
- (military) A squad responsible for protecting something.
- The president inspected the of honour.
- a part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts
- (Aus) panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- (context, Basketball) A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or center.
- (cricket) The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket (see to take guard)
- The offensive positions between the center and each of the offensive tackles
- (sports) A player playing a position named guard
- (railways) An employee who normally travels in the last vehicle of a train and is responsible for the safety of the train
verb
- To protect from some offence (specific or abstract.)
| GUM |
| initialism - genitourinary medicine
| gun |
| noun
- (context, Military) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity. JP 1-02.
- (context, Military) A cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more. See also: howitzer; mortar. JP 1-02.
- A very portable, short weapon, for hand use; a bullet or projectile-firing weapon; a handgun.
- A less portable, long weapon; a bullet or projectile firing weapon; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic, or a shotgun (or, historically, a musket or other firearm now obsolete).
- This is my rifle, this is my gun. One is for fighting, one is for fun. (U.S. military cadence, used to make recruits memorize that the only correct term for a soldier's firearm is 'rifle', not some 'gun'.)
- Any weapon that launches a projectile from a tube, even if it is not a firearm, e.g., potato gun, air-pressure pellet gun.
- Any device or tool that projects a payload in a superficially similar fashion to a firearm, e.g., nail gun, squirt gun, spray gun, grease gun.
- A device or tool shaped like a pistol and operated in similar fashion by pulling a trigger with the index finger, e.g., rivet gun, price gun, screw gun.
- (context, surfing) A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).
- 2000: by the winter of 1962, the Brewer Surfboards Hawaii was the most in-demand big-wave equipment on the North Shore. — Drew Kampion at surfline.com http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/surfaz.cfm?id=766
- (context, colloquial, usually plural) biceps.
verb (gun, n, ing)
- (italbrac, with "down") To shoot someone or something, usually with a firearm.
- He gunned down the hitmen.
- The CEO gunned down that idea before we could present it to the board.
- To speed something up.
- He gunned the engine up.
- To offer vigorous support to a person or cause.
- He"s gunning for you.
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| noun
- the direction that a gun is pointing
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