Tra từ gun - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

gun [gun guns gunned gunning] noun, verb BrE [ɡʌn] NAmE [ɡʌn]
noun
1. countable a weapon that is used for firing bullets or ↑shells
•to fire a gun at sb
•a toy gun
•anti-aircraft guns
• Look out, he's got a gun!
• Should police officers carry guns?
•He pointed/aimed the gun at her head.
•The police officers drew their guns (= took them out so they were ready to use).
•She pulled a gun on me (= took out a gun and aimed it at me).
•The gun went off by accident.
•The attacker held a gun to the hostage's head.
•a gun battle between rival gangs
see also ↑airgun, ↑handgun, ↑machine gun, ↑shotgun, ↑stun gun, ↑sub-machine gun, ↑tommy gun
2. countable a tool that uses pressure to send out a substance or an object
•a staple gun
see also ↑spray gun
3. the gunsingular the signal to begin a race, that is made by firing a special gun, called a ↑starting pistol, into the air
4. countable (informal, especially NAmE)a person who is paid to shoot sb
•a hired gun
see also ↑flashgun, ↑son of a gun
more at going great guns at ↑great _adj., jump the gun at ↑jump _v., spike sb's guns at ↑spike _v., stick to your guns at ↑stick _v.

Word Origin:
Middle English gunne, gonne, perhaps from a pet form of the Scandinavian name Gunnhildr, from gunnr + hildr, both meaning ‘war’.

Thesaurus:
gun noun C
•He pointed his gun at the cashier.
rifle • • shotgun • • pistol • • revolver • • handgun • • machine gun • • cannon • • mortar • |formal firearm •
be armed with a gun/rifle/shotgun/pistol/revolver/handgun/machine gun/cannon/mortars
load a gun/rifle/shotgun/pistol/revolver/handgun/cannon
fire a gun/rifle/shotgun/pistol/revolver/handgun/machine gun/cannon/mortar
shoot sb/sth with a gun/rifle/shotgun/pistol/revolver/handgun/machine gun

Example Bank:
•Enemy ship approaching! Man the guns!
•Guns were firing and grenades going off all around.
•He grinned and cocked the gun with his thumb.
•He pulled a gun from his pocket.
•He raised his gun, aimed and fired.
•I found myself looking down the barrel of a gun.
•I loaded the gun with my last two bullets.
•Jorge quickly holstered his gun.
•Look out! He has a gun!
•My big brother taught me about gun safety.
•She brandished the gun menacingly.
•The gunman then turned the gun on himself and blew his brains out.
•The gunman turned the gun on himself.
•The police pointed to the success of a gun amnesty earlier this year.
•There was a machine gun mounted on the back of the Jeep.
•There were several guns mounted in the back of the vehicle.
•There's no smoking gun that they have found to date.
•These kids have grown up in a drugs and gun culture.
•They grudgingly took off their gun belts and holsters.
•They succeeded in silencing the enemy guns.
•This new gun shoots a laser beam at the target.
•Two armed men held a gun to his head and made him empty the safe.
•We're very short of guns and ammunition.
•a.50-calibre/.50-caliber machine gun
•a gun control advocate
•a state that has strict gun control laws
•the powerful gun lobby in the US
•Anti-aircraft guns opened fire as the bombers flew overhead.
•He walked into the bank and pointed his gun at the cashier.
•He was injured in a gun battle between rival gangs.
•Should commercial airline pilots be permitted to carry guns?
•The battleship fired its main 16-inch guns against enemy coastal positions.
Idioms: ↑all guns blazing ▪ ↑put a gun to somebody's head ▪ ↑under the gun
Derived: ↑gun somebody down ▪ ↑gunning for somebody ▪ ↑gunning for something

verb (-nn-)
1. intransitive (NAmE) (of an engine)to run very quickly
•a line of motorcycles with their engines gunning
2. transitive ~ sth + adv./prep. (NAmE)to start driving a vehicle very fast
•He gunned the cab through the red light.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English gunne, gonne, perhaps from a pet form of the Scandinavian name Gunnhildr, from gunnr + hildr, both meaning ‘war’.