gun

Noun

gun (plural guns)

1. (Military) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity. JP 1-02.
2. (Military) A cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more. See also: howitzer; mortar. JP 1-02.
3. A very portable, short weapon, for hand use; a bullet or projectile firing weapon.
4. A less portable, long weapon; a bullet or projectile firing weapon; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic.

   This is my rifle, this is my gun. One is for fighting, one is for fun. (U.S. Army chant, used to make recruits memorize that the only correct term for a soldier"s firearm is "rifle", not some "gun".)

5. (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 gun was the most in-demand big-wave equipment on the North Shore. — Drew Kampion at surfline.com [1]

3 letters in word "gun": G N U.

Anagrams of gun:

• gnu

Words found within gun:

gu nu ug un

• Definitions:
• a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) artillery: large but transportable armament gunman: a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability) gunman: a professional killer who uses a gun grease-gun: a hand-operated pump that resembles a revolver; forces grease into parts of a machine accelerator: a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" shoot with a gun the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies; "two runners started before the gun"; "a twenty gun salute"
• A gun''' is a common name given to an object that fires high-velocity projectiles. The projectile, its caliber, or diameter, usually designated in fractions of an inch or in millimeters, is fired through a hollow tube known as the gun's barrel. ...
• Gun or Gunn is an old name formed from gunnr (battle) and is cognate with the Old English word "gúð". Gunnr is one of the valkyries. The equivalent male name is Gunnar.
• "Gun" is a song by Seattle grunge band Soundgarden. It appears as the third track on their album Louder Than Love, released in 1989. The song bears strong similarities to the early work of heavy metal band Black Sabbath. ...
• Gun were a moderately successful rock band from Glasgow, Scotland, most well known for their cover of Word Up!, originally by Cameo.
• The Chinese word Gun () refers to a long Chinese staff weapon used in Chinese martial arts. It is known as one of the four major weapons, along with the Qiang (spear), Dao (sabre), and the Jian (sword), called in this group "The Grandfather of all Weapons".
• GUN is a video game developed by Neversoft and published by Activision for the Xbox 360, Xbox, GameCube, PC, PSP and PlayStation 2. It is set in the American Old West in the early 1880s. ...
• Gun Hill is a distinctive peak in the southern end of the Peak District with a noticeable area of moorland along the plateau. ...
• In a cellular automaton, a gun is a pattern of which the main part repeats periodically, like an oscillator and which also periodically emits spaceships. There are then two periods that may be considered. ...
• Originally, a transit, but potentially any measurement instrument in use, eg theodolite, EDM, or Total Station.
• A relatively long-barreled artillery piece, firing its projectile at high velocities and flatter trajectories than the howitzer or mortar. This term is also sometimes used to refer to heavy ordinance in general. ...
• A cannon which has a length of 12 calibers and upwards and was constructed to fire solid shot horizontally, or at very low angles, over the greatest possible distance. Described by weight of shot; 4 pounder, 6 pounder, 9 pounder, 12 pounder, 18 pounder, 24 pounder, 32 pounder, etc.
• General term referring to the large-calibre weapons, often transported on carriages called limbers, that were fired by the artillery.
• a board for big waves they are long, narrow, and pointy both at the nose and the tail for maximum rail contact. usually thick and heavy and ranging in length from 7'to 10' aka "elephant gun", "rhino chaser" so named because you take it with you when you are hunting big game...
• A blank firing pistol that may be used by the starter to start the races.
• Cannon of any form.
• Firearm; including muzzleloading firearms and modern shotguns, rifles, and handguns.
• A generic term for a carriage-mounted cannon in sailing warships. By the 18th century guns were rated according to the weight of shot fired, anywhere from a 1 pounder to 42 pounders. ***
• any firearm; in the limited sense, a long cannon with high muzzle velocity and flat trajectory.
• The hand-held torch used in the MIG welding process. Shaped like a gun, it shoots the wire out of the barrel and into the weld bead.

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