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The correct spelling is guns.
How to pronounce guns
/ɡʌnz/
nounIPA: /ɡʌnz/
Say it like: Gun-s
The correct spelling is guns. A device for projecting a hard object very forcefully; a firearm or cannon. For example: "Guns were considered improvements of crossbows and catapults."
Usage Examples
“Guns were considered improvements of crossbows and catapults.”
“There are some guns that are not designed for killing.”
“He gunned down the hitmen.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A device for projecting a hard object very forcefully; a firearm or cannon.
- 2.A device operated by a trigger and acting in a manner similar to a firearm.
- 3.A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).
- 4.A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
- 5.(metonym) A person who carries or uses a rifle, shotgun or handgun.
verb
- 1.(with “down”) To shoot someone or something, usually with a firearm.
- 2.To speed something up.
- 3.To offer vigorous support to a person or cause.
- 4.To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone.
- 5.To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning.
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