Synonyms for gun
gʌngun

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1. gunnoun

   a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)

   Synonyms:
   hitman, hit man, gunslinger, accelerator pedal, gun for hire, gas, gas pedal, throttle, ordnance, heavy weapon, shooter, gunman, hired gun, accelerator, grease-gun, triggerman, artillery, torpedo

2. artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnancenoun

   large but transportable armament

   Synonyms:
   hitman, hit man, gunslinger, munition, accelerator pedal, gun for hire, gas, weapon, gas pedal, throttle, ordnance, heavy weapon, shooter, gunman, hired gun, ordnance store, accelerator, artillery unit, grease-gun, triggerman, artillery, torpedo

3. gunman, gunnoun

   a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)

   Synonyms:
   hitman, gunman, gunslinger, accelerator pedal, gun for hire, gas, gas pedal, throttle, ordnance, heavy weapon, shooter, hired gun, accelerator, grease-gun, triggerman, hit man, artillery, torpedo

4. gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooternoun

   a professional killer who uses a gun

   Synonyms:
   ordnance, gunman, crap-shooter, gunslinger, hired gun, heavy weapon, grease-gun, throttle, gas pedal, torpedo, accelerator pedal, taw, sub, shooter, hero, grinder, numbfish, crampfish, submarine sandwich, shot, gas, submarine, zep, artillery, gun for hire, hitman, hit man, bomber, electric ray, hoagy, triggerman, wedge, accelerator, hero sandwich, hoagie, poor boy

5. grease-gun, gunnoun

   a hand-operated pump that resembles a revolver; forces grease into parts of a machine

   Synonyms:
   hitman, hit man, gunslinger, accelerator pedal, gun for hire, gas, gas pedal, throttle, ordnance, heavy weapon, shooter, gunman, hired gun, accelerator, grease-gun, triggerman, artillery, torpedo

6. accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gunnoun

   a pedal that controls the throttle valve

   "he stepped on the gas"

   Synonyms:
   hitman, gunman, petrol, gasolene, gaseous state, gas, gas pedal, ordnance, natural gas, throttle, artillery, catalyst, heavy weapon, gun for hire, hired gun, flatulency, shooter, throttle valve, accelerator pedal, gasoline, particle accelerator, accelerator, grease-gun, triggerman, hit man, atom smasher, flatulence, gunslinger, torpedo

7. gunverb

   the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies

   "two runners started before the gun"; "a twenty gun salute"

   Synonyms:
   hitman, hit man, gunslinger, accelerator pedal, gun for hire, gas, gas pedal, throttle, ordnance, heavy weapon, shooter, gunman, hired gun, accelerator, grease-gun, triggerman, artillery, torpedo

8. gunverb

   shoot with a gun

Matched Categories

1. • Pedal
   • Shoot
   • Weapon

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1. gunnoun

   Synonyms:
   fire-arm, BLUNDERBUSS

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1. gunnoun

   Synonyms:
   firearm, weapon, rifle, shotgun, blunderbuss, musket, flobert, pistol, revolver, derringer, cannon, swivel gun, matchlock, breech-loader, stanchion gun, arquebus, krupp gun, winchester, howitzer, gatling gun, flintlock

   Associated words:
   bayonet, gunsmith, bore, caliber, trigger, hammer, ramod, armory, armorer, gunsmithery, holster

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1. List of paraphrases for "gun":

   weapon, pistol, rifle, revolver, shotgun, canon, firearm, handgun, cannon, sidearm, poor, firearms, weapons, artillery, barrel, gat, gunpoint, piece, howitzer, guns, arms, firecracker

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1. List of known nicknames for "Gün":

   Gun Koper

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1. Jerryl Christmas:

   I don't believe for a minute that VonDerrit had a weapon, jason Flanery in a statement threw that gun down on Jason Flanery in a statement just like they threw that stun gun down on Walter Scott in South Carolina.

2. Christopher Cook:

   How did he get the gun ? That's something that we want answers for, we are sick and tired of children in our community coming into contact with firearms and possessing them and using them in these types of manners.

3. That Democrat:

   There are concerns about the gun-toting members, but also we don't know who they're going to bring to the inauguration who can bypass the metal detectors, until there's an investigation and until we understand our colleagues' level of complicity in the attack we don't know how involved they really were. Until we have answers I don't think we should trust them -- not all of them of course, but some of them.

4. John Sullivan:

   If you were to relay the math, you would see that that corresponds … in a consistent manner to the rise in violent crime, especially violent gun crime and gun-related crimes in Philadelphia, i'm sure part of that is also related to COVID — increasing gun sales during that period. But that trend continues.

5. Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb:

   We don't have a problem with governor's stay-at-home orders in any of these states and we are for measures like social distancing... but we are not happy and what we won't put up with, is the closing of gun manufacturers and gun retailers.