Gunned

verb

/ɡʌnd/

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.verb(with “down”) To shoot someone or something, usually with a firearm.

"He gunned down the hitmen."

2.verbTo speed something up.

"He gunned the engine."

3.verbTo offer vigorous support to a person or cause.

"He’s gunning for you."

4.verbTo seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone.

"He's been gunning for you ever since you embarrassed him at the party."

5.verbTo practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning.

6.verbTo masturbate while observing and visible to a corrections officer.

7.adjectiveEquipped or bedecked with guns.

"She was armored and gunned and ready for action."

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