1
as in firearm
a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder
while her father preferred hunting with a crossbow, she preferred a gun
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
as in to shoot
to strike with a missile from a gun
traded stories of the Wild West, when outlaws gunned men down in broad daylight and in cold blood
Synonyms & Similar Words
Examples of gun in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2024
Now, the guns were powered only by gravity, which sent water rushing downhill from the 500,000-gallon reservoirs and out the guns’ nozzles.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
EW.com, 12 Sep. 2024
Intel is a very distant third to AMD in graphics processing units (GPU), and Arm Holdings is gunning to replace any Intel central processing units (CPUs) that AMD or Nvidia can’t replace.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for gun 
Noun
Police said a mother shot to death her adult special needs son and then turned the gun on herself inside their Warren home Sunday morning.
—Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2024
Now, the guns were powered only by gravity, which sent water rushing downhill from the 500,000-gallon reservoirs and out the guns’ nozzles.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
Verb
Once the chief lieutenant of mobster Carmine Falcone (John Turturro) and operator of the Iceberg Lounge, Oz is now gunning to fill the power vacuum in Gotham City after his boss got got.
—EW.com, 12 Sep. 2024
Intel is a very distant third to AMD in graphics processing units (GPU), and Arm Holdings is gunning to replace any Intel central processing units (CPUs) that AMD or Nvidia can’t replace.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for gun
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'gun.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Thesaurus Entries Near gun
Cite this Entry
“Gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gun. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share