gun
verb/ɡʌn/
/ɡʌn/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they gun | /ɡʌn/ /ɡʌn/ |
| he / she / it guns | /ɡʌnz/ /ɡʌnz/ |
| past simple gunned | /ɡʌnd/ /ɡʌnd/ |
| past participle gunned | /ɡʌnd/ /ɡʌnd/ |
| -ing form gunning | /ˈɡʌnɪŋ/ /ˈɡʌnɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (North American English) (of an engine) to run very quickly
- a line of motorcycles with their engines gunning
- [transitive] gun something + adv./prep. (North American English) to start driving a vehicle very fast
- He gunned the cab through the red light.
Word OriginMiddle English gunne, gonne, perhaps from a pet form of the Scandinavian name Gunnhildr, from gunnr + hildr, both meaning ‘war’.
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