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gun
noun- a hired gunman US, 1920
- — R. Frederick West, God’s Gambler, p. 226, 1964: ”Appendix A”
- He was a free-lance gun that did muscle for small bookies on bettors who didn’t want to pay off. — Mickey Spillane, The Snake, p. 11, 1964
- She said the two guns who had guarded the truck were known as Four-Four and Freddy[.] — Chester Himes, Cotton Comes to Harlem, p. 85, 1965
- McLean was with two guns at the time, Tony Blue [Anthony D’Agostino] and America Sacramone. — Vincent Teresa, My Life in the Mafia, p. 173, 1973
- an expert at some occupation, especially shearing AUSTRALIA, 1897
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 43, 1977
- I’ve never seen anything like it. He was a gun, all right, Blue. He used that big blade the way a surgeon uses a scalpel. — James McQueen, Uphill Runner, p. 14, 1984
- a pickpocket US
- It was on that Sixth Street to Market, between Central Avenue and Plum / that’s the worst old place in ragtown for a shuckman or gun. — Bruce Jackson, Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me, p. 85, 1965
- a hypodermic needle and syringe US, 1899
- Said, "Let’s have a party, have some fun / for God’s sake, fellas, don’t forget the gun / ‘cause man, I want some two in one." — Bruce Jackson, Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me, p. 149, 1964
- I emptied the dropper. I pulled out the gun. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Pimp, p. 183, 1969
- the upper arm; the bicep muscle US
- — Malachi Andrews and Paul T. Owens, Black Language, p. 79, 1973
- — James Harris, A Convict’s Dictionary, 1989
- — Connie Eble (editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 3, Fall 1998
- the penis UK, 1675
- This is my rifle / This is my gun / One’s for fightin’ / One’s for fun. — Screw, p. 16, 11 January 1971
- — Anon., King Smut’s Wet Dreams Interpreted, 1978
- any instrument used for tattooing US
- — James Harris, A Convict’s Dictionary, 1989
- an electric guitar US
From the symbolic actions of guitarists like Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970) who stressed the metaphor when he recorded the song “Machine Gun” in 1969. - “That’s a nice gun, man,” said the leering voice of some long-haired clown — Sean Hutchinson, Crying Out Loud, p. 176, 1988
- a brass horn US
- — Robert George Reisner, The Jazz Titans, 1960
- a large surfboard used for big-wave conditions US
- — D. S. Halacy, Surfer!, p. 215, 1965
- in the language of wind surfing, a sailboard that is moderately long and tapered at the rear US
- — Frank Fox, A Beginner’s Guide to Zen and the Art of Windsurfing, p. 151, 1985: “A short dictionary of wind surfing terms”
- in horse racing, a complete effort by a jockey US
- — Tom Ainslie, Ainslie’s Complete Guide to Thoroughbred Racing, p. 332, 1976
- on the railways, a track torpedo used to warn an engineer of danger ahead US
- — J. Herbert Lund, Herb’s Hot Box of Railraod Slang, p. 160, 1975
- any signal that a quarter of a football game has ended US
- — Howard Arthur and Alvin Ebeling, The Falcon Illustrated Football Dictionary, p. 39, 1971
▶ get your gun
to experience an orgasm US- When I got my gun I thought my whole insides were comin’ out. — Frank Reynolds, Freewheelin’ Frank, p. 118, 1967
▶ on the gun
engaged in crime as a profession US- — The New American Mercury, p. 710, 1950
▶ under the gun- (used of a prison) under armed guard US
- — Gary K. Farlow, Prison-ese, p. 77, 2002
- in poker, said of the player who must act first in a given situation US
- — Oswald Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby on Poker, p. 142, 1947
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