English-Thai Dictionary

gun

N ปืน  firearm handgun puen

 

gun

VT ยิง  ยิง ด้วย ปืน  shoot fire ying

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GUN

n.An instrument consisting of a barrel or tube of iron or other metal fixed in a stock, from which balls, shot or other deadly weapons are discharged by the explosion of gunpowder. The larger species of guns are called cannon; and the smaller species are called muskets, carbines, fowling pieces, etc. But one species of fire-arms, the pistol, is never called a gun.

 

GUN

v.i.To shoot.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GUN

Gun, n. Etym: [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir. , Gael. )A LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon ) fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E. mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.]

 

1. 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. As swift as a pellet out of a gunne When fire is in the powder runne. Chaucer. The word gun was in use in England for an engine to cast a thing from a man long before there was any gunpowder found out. Selden.

 

2. (Mil. )

 

Defn: A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon.

 

3. pl. (Naut. )

 

Defn: Violent blasts of wind.

 

Note: Guns are classified, according to their construction or manner of loading as rifled or smoothbore, breech-loading or muzzle-loading, cast or built-up guns; or according to their use, as field, mountain, prairie, seacoast, and siege guns. Armstrong gun, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong. -- Great gun, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence (Fig. ), a person superior in any way. -- Gun barrel, the barrel or tube of a gun. -- Gun carriage, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or moved. -- Gun cotton (Chem. ), a general name for a series of explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity. Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the highest (pyroxylin ) which is soluble. See Pyroxylin, and cf. Xyloidin. The gun cottons are used for blasting and somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded with camphor; and the soluble variety (pyroxylin ) for making collodion. See Celluloid, and Collodion. Gun cotton is frequenty but improperly called nitrocellulose. It is not a nitro compound, but an ethereal salt of nitric acid. -- Gun deck. See under Deck. -- Gun fire, the time at which the morning or the evening gun is fired. -- Gun metal, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. The name is also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron. -- Gun port (Naut. ), an opening in a ship through which a cannon's muzzle is run out for firing. -- Gun tackle (Naut. ), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from the gun port. -- Gun tackle purchase (Naut. ), a tackle composed of two single blocks and a fall. Totten. -- Krupp gun, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named after its German inventor, Herr Krupp. -- Machine gun, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns, mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the gun or guns and fired in rapid succession, sometimes in volleys, by machinery operated by turning a crank. Several hundred shots can be fired in a minute with accurate aim. The Gatling gun, Gardner gun, Hotchkiss gun, and Nordenfelt gun, named for their inventors, and the French mitrailleuse, are machine guns. -- To blow great guns (Naut. ), to blow a gale. See Gun, n., 3.

 

GUN

GUN Gun, v. i.

 

Defn: To practice fowling or hunting small game; -- chiefly in participial form; as, to go gunning.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gun

gun |gən ɡən | ▶noun a weapon incorporating a metal tube from which bullets, shells, or other missiles are propelled by explosive force, typically making a characteristic loud, sharp noise. • a device for discharging something (e.g., insecticide, grease, or electrons ) in a required direction. • a gunman: a hired gun. • (guns ) dated Nautical slang used as a nickname for a ship's gunnery officer. • a starting pistol used in track and field events. • the firing of a piece of artillery as a salute or signal: the boom of the one o'clock gun echoed across the river. ▶verb ( guns, gunning , gunned ) [ with obj. ] 1 (gun someone down ) shoot someone with a gun: they were gunned down by masked snipers. 2 informal cause (an engine ) to race: as Neil gunned the engine, the boat jumped forward. • accelerate (a vehicle ): he gunned the car away from the curb. PHRASES big gun informal an important or powerful person: the first baseman and the center fielder were the big guns of that team. go great guns informal proceed forcefully, vigorously, or successfully: the film industry has been going great guns recently. jump the gun informal act before the proper time. stick to one's guns informal refuse to compromise or change, despite criticism: we have stuck to our guns on that issue. top gun a (or the ) most important person: the top guns in contention for the coveted post of chairman. under the gun informal under great pressure: manufacturers are under the gun to offer alternatives. PHRASAL VERBS gun for pursue or act against (someone ) with hostility: the Republican candidate was gunning for his rival over campaign finances. • seek out or strive for (something ) determinedly: he had been gunning for a place in the squad. DERIVATIVES gun less adjective, gunned adjective [ in combination ] : a heavy-gunned ship ORIGIN Middle English gunne, gonne, perhaps from a nickname for the Scandinavian name Gunnhildr, from gunnr + hildr, both meaning ‘war. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

gun

gun |gʌn | ▶noun a weapon incorporating a metal tube from which bullets, shells, or other missiles are propelled by explosive force, typically making a characteristic loud, sharp noise. • a device for discharging a particular object or substance in a required direction: a grease gun. • a starting pistol used in athletics. • the firing of a piece of artillery as a salute or signal: the boom of the one o'clock gun echoed across the river. • chiefly N. Amer. a gunman: a hired gun. • Brit. a member of a shooting party. • (guns ) Nautical slang, dated used as a nickname for a ship's gunnery officer. ▶verb ( guns, gunning, gunned ) [ with obj. ] 1 (gun someone down ) shoot someone with a gun: they were gunned down by masked snipers. 2 informal cause (an engine ) to race: as Neil gunned the engine the boat jumped forward. • [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] accelerate (a vehicle ): he gunned the car away from the kerb. PHRASES be gunning for be seeking an opportunity to blame or attack (someone ): the Republican candidate was gunning for his rival over campaign payments. • be striving for (something ) in a determined way: he had been gunning for a place in the squad. big gun informal an important or powerful person. go great guns informal proceed forcefully, vigorously, or successfully: the film industry has been going great guns recently. jump the gun informal act before the proper or appropriate time. stick to one's guns informal refuse to compromise or change, despite criticism. top gun informal the most important or powerful person in a particular sphere. under the gun N. Amer. informal under great pressure: manufacturers are under the gun to offer alternatives. DERIVATIVES gunless adjective, gunned adjective [ in combination ] : a heavy-gunned ship ORIGIN Middle English gunne, gonne, perhaps from a pet form of the Scandinavian name Gunnhildr, from gunnr + hildr, both meaning ‘war ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

gun

gun noun the illegal trafficking of drugs and guns: firearm, pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, carbine, automatic, handgun, semiautomatic, machine gun, Uzi; weapon; informal piece, gat, heater.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gun

gun noun firearm, weapon; informal shooter, cannon; N. Amer. informal piece, heater, gat, rod, roscoe, shooting iron. PHRASES go great guns informal her fashion business is going great guns: prosper, do well, get on well, go well, fare well; thrive, flourish, flower, bloom, burgeon, blossom; boom, expand, spread, pick up, improve, come on; succeed, be successful, make it, do all right for oneself, get ahead, progress, make progress, make headway, advance, get on in the world, go up in the world, arrive, fly high, make one's mark, make good, become rich, strike gold /oil, be in clover; informal go places, make the big time, be in the pink, be fine and dandy; archaic make good speed. verb PHRASES gun down they were gunned down in a senseless act of violence: shoot, shoot down, mow down, hit, wound, injure, cut down, bring down; put a bullet in, pick off, bag, fell, kill; execute, put before a firing squad; informal pot, blast, pump full of lead, plug, zap; literary slay.

 

Duden Dictionary

Gun

Gun Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, Neutrum Jargon , der oder das |gan |das Gun oder der Gun; Genitiv: des Guns, Plural: die Guns englisch-amerikanisch Spritze, mit der Rauschgift in die Vene gespritzt wird

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gun

gun /ɡʌn /〖大砲の愛称に使われた女性名 Gun nhildrから 〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 銃 , 鉄砲 ; 大砲 ; (小型で携帯用の )銃器 , 拳銃, ピストル (!各種銃火器の総称はfirearms ) ▸ lower [raise ] the gun 銃口を下げる [上げる ]▸ turn a gun on him 銃を彼に向ける ; 彼に批判の矛先を向ける ▸ point [aim ] a gun at A A 〈人など 〉に銃を向ける ▸ hold [put ] a gun to A's head A 〈人 〉に銃を突き付ける ; Aを脅していやがることを強要する ▸ a gun barrel 銃身 ▸ a gun dealer 銃販売業者 ▸ gun fire 銃火 ▸ a starting gun (レースなどの )号砲用ピストル (≒ a starting pistol )▸ a guns or butter debate 軍備拡大と国民生活充実のどちらを優先させるかという議論 (!比喩的に 「軍備 」の意味にもなる ) 2 (潤滑油などの )注入器; (殺虫剤 塗料などの )噴霧器 ; (ブラウン管などの )電子銃 (electron gun ); (エンジンなどの )絞り弁, スロットル ▸ a staple gun 大型ホチキス ▸ a spray [grease ] gun 噴霧 [潤滑油注入 ]器 .3 礼砲, 祝砲, 弔砲 ; 〖通例the ～〗(レース 物事の開始などを告げる )号砲 ▸ a twenty-one gun salute 21発の礼砲 ▸ the noonday gun (正午を告げる )午砲 4 ｟俗 ｠(タバコの )パイプ ; (大波用の長い )サーフボード 〘細長い形が銃に類似 〙▸ a gun and a cigar box パイプとタバコ入れ .5 ｟主に米 くだけて ｠ヒットマン, 殺し屋, ギャング (hired gun ); ｟英 ｠狩猟隊員 ; ｟俗 ｠〖the Guns 〗砲術長 .6 やり手, 大物, リーダー ;｟豪 ｠〖しばしば形容詞的に 〗名 (手 ), やり手 (の )▸ Republican guns 共和党の大物 (議員 )たち ▸ a gun shearer 羊毛刈りの名手 7 ｟米 くだけて ｠【仕事などの 】臨時担当者, 助っ人 «on » .b è at the g ú n 1 ＝jump the gun .2 終了ぎりぎりでゴールする .be g ò ing gr è at g ú ns ｟くだけて ｠〈人 組織が 〉とんとん拍子で進んでいる, うまくいっている, はかどっている .g ì ve A the g ú n (猛烈な勢いで )A 〈車 飛行機など 〉をスタートさせる, 急に加速させる .j ù mp the g ú n ｟くだけて ｠(競技で )フライングする ; 先走りする, 許可なく始める ▸ The press jumped the gun on this case .新聞はこの件に関して先走って報道した sp ì ke A's g ú ns ｟英 ｠(じゃまして )A 〈人 〉 (の計画 )をだめにする (!銃口にフタをして使えなくすることから ) .st ì ck to [st à nd by ] one's g ú ns ｟くだけて ｠(戦闘 討論などで )自分の持ち場 [立場, 主張 ]を守り抜く .ù nder the g ú n 期限が迫って, せっつかれて, 追いつめられて, 過度に期待されすぎて .with (all [one's ]) g ù ns bl á zing ＝all g ù ns bl á zing 〈人が 〉 (結果を考えず )全力を尽くして ▸ come out with all [one's ] guns blazing ｟米 ｠全力を尽くす 動詞 ～s ; ～ned ; ～ning 他動詞 1 〈無防備な人 動物など 〉を銃で撃つ, 射殺する, しとめる (down ) (!しばしば受け身で ) .2 ｟米 くだけて ｠〈エンジン 〉をふかす, 〈車など 〉を加速する ▸ gun it (車などを )ぶっとばす 自動詞 (車などを )加速する, ぶっとばす ; (車で )突っ走る, 走り抜ける (away, through ).g ú n for A 〖通例be ～ning 〗1 ｟主に英 くだけて ｠(殺傷 批判しようと )A 〈人など 〉をつけねらう, Aのすきをうかがう .2 (努力 競争によって )A 〈地位など 〉をねらう, 奪取しようとする .～́ c à rriage 砲車, 砲架 .～́ contr ò l ｟主に米 ｠銃規制 .～́ c ò tton 綿火薬, 強綿薬 .～́ cr è w 軍艦の砲術兵 .～́ d ò g 猟犬 (｟米 ｠bird dog ) 〘pointer, setterなど 〙.～́ l ò bby [l ò bbyist ]銃規制反対運動団体 [運動家 ] 〘NRAなど 〙.～́ m ò ll 女ギャング ; ギャングの情婦 .～́ r ò om 銃器保管庫 ; ｟英 ｠(軍艦の )下級将校室 〘もと砲兵室 〙.