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gun [n]

1)	a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)

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2)	large but transportable armament

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artillery heavy_weapon ordnance

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armament battery cannon arbalest field_artillery four-pounder gunstock

3)	a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)

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gunman

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shooter

4)	a professional killer who uses a gun

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gun_for_hire gunman gunslinger hired_gun hit_man hitman shooter torpedo triggerman

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liquidator pip

5)	a hand-operated pump that resembles a gun; forces grease into parts of a machine

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grease-gun

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pump

6)	a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas"

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accelerator accelerator_pedal gas gas_pedal throttle

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foot_lever auto aeroplane choke accelerate

7)	the discharge of a gun as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies; "a twenty gun salute"

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discharge armed_forces

gun [v]

1)	shoot with a gun

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shoot artillery artilleryman gun_down machine_gun

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

(ITS, from the ":GUN" command) To forcibly terminate a program or job (computer, not career). "Some idiot left a background process running soaking up half the cycles, so I gunned it."

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(1995-02-27)

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