English to English
noun
- a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
source: WordNet 3.0
- large but transportable armament
source: WordNet 3.0
- a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
source: WordNet 3.0
- a professional killer who uses a gun
source: WordNet 3.0
- a hand-operated pump that resembles a revolver; forces grease into parts of a machine
source: WordNet 3.0
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
He stepped on the gas.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
Two runners started before the gun.
A twenty gun salute.
source: WordNet 3.0
- A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon, ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc. See these terms in the Vocabulary.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- shoot with a gun
source: WordNet 3.0
- To practice fowling or hunting small game; -- chiefly in participial form; as, to go gunning.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [gan] Baril; almás na pumuputok
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
