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Antonyms for gun down

Grammar : Verb
Spell : guhn
Phonetic Transcription : gʌn


Definition of gun down

Origin :
  • mid-14c., gunne "an engine of war that throws rocks, arrows or other missiles," probably a shortening of woman's name Gunilda, found in Middle English gonnilde "cannon" and in an Anglo-Latin reference to a specific gun from a 1330 munitions inventory of Windsor Castle ("...una magna balista de cornu quae Domina Gunilda ..."), from Old Norse Gunnhildr, woman's name, from gunnr + hildr, both meaning "war, battle." First element from PIE *gwhen- "to strike, kill" (see bane); for second, cf. Hilda.
  • The identification of women with powerful weapons is common historically (cf. Big Bertha, Brown Bess, Mons Meg, etc.); meaning shifted with technology, from cannons to firearms as they developed 15c. Great guns (cannon, etc.) distinguished from small guns (such as muskets) from c.1400. Applied to pistols and revolvers after 1744. Meaning "thief, rascal" is from 1858. Son of a gun is originally nautical. To jump the gun (1912, American English) is from track and field. Guns "a woman's breasts" (especially if prominent) attested by 2006.
  • As in assassinate : verb murder prominent or important person
Example sentences :
  • Level your gun down the tunnel and fire when I give the word.
  • Extract from : « The Solar Magnet » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • He shouted a warning to Lambert as he jerked his gun down and fired.
  • Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden
  • Won't you please put that gun down, ma'am, and listen to reason?
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • "I believe you'd do it without ever throwing a gun down on him," Judge Thayer declared.
  • Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden
  • The others were strangers, and each of them wore a gun down his thigh.
  • Extract from : « Desert Conquest » by A. M. Chisholm
  • He laid his gun down on the bank and went down to the edge of the water.
  • Extract from : « Blacky the Crow » by Thornton W. Burgess
  • The guard set his gun down and buried his face in his hands.
  • Extract from : « Andersonville, Volume 2 » by John McElroy
  • I do wish, said the doctor plaintively, that youd put that gun down.
  • Extract from : « The Search Party » by G. A. Birmingham
  • "Peace it is then," I put my gun down and shook hands with both.
  • Extract from : « Forty Years Among the Indians » by Daniel W. Jones
  • He put the gun down and adjusted the meter readings of the cage.
  • Extract from : « The Skull » by Philip K. Dick

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