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'gun' - used as a noun
1. a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
2. large but transportable armament
3. a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
4. a professional killer who uses a gun
5. a hand-operated pump that resembles a revolver; forces grease into parts of a machine
6. a pedal that controls the throttle valve
7. the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
two runners started before the gun
a twenty gun salute

'gun' - used as a verb
8. shoot with a gun

derived forms
1. Gun / Plural
guns
2. Gun / Past
gunned
3. Gun / Third Person
guns
4. Gun / Present Participle
gunning
Variations of 'gun'
 
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Fact of the day
The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards."