Antonyms for gunning

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : guhn-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgʌn ɪŋ

Definition of gunning

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 shooting : noun firing a weapon
As in pack : verb transport, carry
As in pitch : verb throw, hurl
As in accelerate : verb increase speed, timing
As in shoot : verb discharge a projectile, often to injure or kill
As in take : verb carry, transport; accompany
As in bring : verb transport or accompany
As in examine : verb analyze, test
As in fetch : verb go get, bring in
As in haul : verb move, pull to another spot
As in hunt : verb chase for killing
As in hurl : verb throw forcefully

Example sentences :

I was thinking of corraling you for a gunning trip one of these days.
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

There was much more to it than gunning down the weird fauna that one found.
Extract from : « Project Mastodon » by Clifford Donald Simak

The Stonewall gang—what was left of it—and all its friends would be gunning for him now.
Extract from : « Police Your Planet » by Lester del Rey

It can't be possible that the state is gunning an affair like this!
Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day

The money he made by gunning or fishing he spent for tops and kites.
Extract from : « Tom, The Bootblack » by Horatio Alger

Gunning was dealing with him; and, besides, I wanted to see that rooster myself.
Extract from : « A British Islander » by Mary Hartwell Catherwood

Suppose the expedition is gunning somewhere in the backwoods.
Extract from : « If You Don't Write Fiction » by Charles Phelps Cushing

There is an absurd mistake in Gunning's Reminiscences of Cambridge.
Extract from : « A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) » by Augustus De Morgan

And so, burdened by these suspicions, you carried them to Mr.—Mr. Gunning?
Extract from : « The Big Drum » by Arthur Pinero

There were no deer so near the town, and it was hardly likely that the person was gunning in the darkness.
Extract from : « All Adrift » by Oliver Optic

Synonyms for gunning

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