gun in Bengali বাংলা
gun in Sindhi سنڌي
gun in Tamil தமிழ்
gun in English
- gun⇄expr. beat the gun, to begin before the signal to start.
Ex. Anyone who tries to beat the gun will be eliminated from the race. - gun⇄expr. give it the gun, (Informal.) to speed up; go faster.
Ex. Give it the gun or we'll miss the train. - gun⇄expr. go great guns, (Informal.) to move vigorously or successfully ahead; advance at full speed.
Ex. The team was going great guns in the second half of the game. - gun⇄expr. gun down,
a. to shoot down.
Ex. That he [President Kennedy] could be gunned down was unthinkable (Canadian Saturday Night).
b. to do away with, by or as if by shooting; kill.
Ex. Initiatives to achieve European union ... h - gun⇄expr. gun for,
a. to start a campaign for or against something.
Ex. Textile men have been gunning for quotas ... (Wall Street Journal).
b. to seek; try to get.
Ex. The champion was gunning for a third straight win.
c. to - gun⇄expr. jump the gun,
a. to start too soon; start before the signal to do so.
Ex. I think we're both jumping the gun in predicting his career (Harper's).
b. to get a head start on one's opposition.
Ex. The store jumped the gun and - gun⇄expr. spike one's guns, to make one powerless; frustrate one's plans.
Ex. The young contender's fast footwork and ability to dodge succeeded in spiking the champion's guns until the last round. - gun⇄expr. stick to one's guns, to keep one's position; refuse to retreat or yield.
Ex. So far, ... [he] has stuck to his guns, regardless of the pressure put on him (New York Times). - gun⇄gun (1), noun, verb, gunned,gunning.
- gun⇄gun (2), verb.
(Archaic.) the past participle of gin (4). - gun⇄noun 1a. any weapon with a long metal tube for shooting bullets or shot. A rifle or cannon is a gun. Pistols and revolvers are called guns in ordinary speech.
b. a long cannon that shoots a shell at a faster speed and at a lower angle than either - gun⇄v.i. 1. to shoot with a gun; hunt with a gun.
Ex. ... mostly marksmen, having been accustomed to gunning from their youth (Hannah Adams).
2. to speed; accelerate.
Ex. The driver gunned away home. The motorcycle gunned through the stree - gun⇄v.t. 1. (U.S. Informal.) to shoot at with a gun; kill or wound with a gun.
2. (Slang.) to put at high speed; accelerate.
Ex. The pilot of the airplane gunned his engine for a sharp climb.