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Gun Starting Make Start Engine Gunned Noun Weapon

word gun
definition
noun
A gun is a weapon from which bullets or other things are fired .
He produced a gun and he came into the house.
The inner-city has guns and crime and drugs and deprivation.
...gun control laws.
A gun or a starting gun is an object like a gun that is used to make a noise to signal the start of a race .
The starting gun blasted and they were off.
verb
To gun an engine or a vehicle means to make it start or go faster by pressing on the accelerator pedal .
He gunned his engine and drove off.
inflections gunsgunninggunned
cefr-level A2

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