gun

Noun

• the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
  • two runners started before the gun
    
  • a twenty gun salute
    

• a pedal that controls the throttle valve
  • he stepped on the gas
    

• a hand-operated pump that resembles a revolver; forces grease into parts of a machine

• a professional killer who uses a gun

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

• large but transportable armament

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

Verb

• shoot with a gun

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  accelerator , accelerator pedal , gas pedal , gas , throttle , grease-gun , gunman , artillery , heavy weapon , ordnance