gun: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 4 letter points · starts with G · ends with N
Meaning of gun
noun
A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
Example: Guns were considered improvements of crossbows and catapults.
A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot. A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.
A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot. A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.
A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot. A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.
Listed forms: guns.
Source: Wiktionary — gun.
verb
- transitive
To shoot with a gun.
- transitive
To cause to speed up.
Example: He gunned the engine.
- informal
To offer vigorous support to (a person or cause).
Example: We're all gunning for you.
- informal
To strongly desire or seek, and make a great effort to obtain (something which one is 'gunning for' or 'gunning to do').
Listed forms: guns, gunning, gunned.
Source: Wiktionary — gun.
noun
- obsolete, slang
A magsman or street thief.
Listed forms: guns.
Source: Wiktionary — gun.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for gun.
noun
large but transportable armament
noun
a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
noun
a professional killer who uses a gun
- gunslinger
- hired gun
- gun for hire
- triggerman
- torpedo
- shooter
noun
a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol; forces grease into parts of a machine
- grease gun
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is gun in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of gun
G(2) + U(1) + N(1) = 4 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of gun
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from gun
2 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in gun. Showing up to 24, longest first.