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Synonyms for gunning


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : guhn-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgʌn ɪŋ

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Définition 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

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