gunned

noun

  1. A piece of ordnance usually with high muzzle velocity and comparatively flat trajectory
  2. A portable firearm (such as a rifle or handgun)
  3. A device that throws a projectile
  4. A discharge of a gun especially as a salute or signal
  5. A signal marking a beginning or ending
  6. Hunter
  7. Gunman
  8. Something suggesting a gun in shape or function
  9. Throttle
  10. A person's arm

verb

  1. To fire on
  2. Shoot

    "gunned down by a hit man"

  3. To open up the throttle of so as to increase speed

    "gun the engine"

  4. Fire

    "gunned the ball to first base"

  5. To hunt with a gun

verb

  1. To shoot at, wound, or kill (someone or something) with a machine gun

    "… machine-gunned a marauding gang of terrorists outside the U.S. embassy …"

verb

  1. To shoot with a tommy gun

phrasal verb

  1. To shoot (someone) with a gun

    "He was gunned down in the street."

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