Tra từ gun - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 different kinds of guns and parts of guns
2 using a gun
see also WEAPON, FIGHT, WAR

1 different kinds of guns and parts of guns
- a weapon that is used for shooting: gun
- a gun that you can carry: firearm
- a small gun that you can hold in one hand: pistol, hand gun
- a number of large guns on wheels: artillery (noun U)
- a small rounded piece of metal that is fired from a gun: bullet
- a metal container filled with explosives that is fired by a large gun: shell
Shells were landing in the city centre every few minutes.
- the supply of bullets for a gun: ammunition (noun U)

2 using a gun
- to use a gun: fire (sth) (at sb/sth), fire (sth) into sth, shoot* (at sb/sth)
to fire at the enemy ◎ He fired the gun into the air. ◎ Don't shoot! I'm unarmed.
- an act of firing a gun, or the noise that it makes: shot
How many shots were fired? ◎ We heard a shot.
- the sound that a gun makes: bang
- shooting from guns: fire (noun U), gunfire (noun U)
We were under fire from all sides. ◎ I heard the sound of gunfire in the distance.
- to injure or kill sb with a gun: shoot* sb/sth (dead)
He was shot dead by enemy soldiers.
- to put a bullet or number of bullets into a gun: load (sth); opposite: unload (sth)
He loaded his gun and waited by the door. ◎ The sergeant ordered his men to unload their weapons.
- to take a gun out of sth suddenly: pull sth out, draw* sth
She walked into a bank and pulled out a gun.
- to point a gun at sb/sth before you try to hit them/it with it: aim (sth) (at sb/sth), take* aim (at sb) (with sth)
I aimed the gun at the deer and pulled the trigger. ◎ Ready! Take aim! Fire!
- something that you aim at: target
- the distance that it is possible to shoot a gun: range
long-range artillery
- from a very close position: point-blank
He shot him at point-blank range.
- to point a gun at sb and say that you will shoot them if they do not obey you: hold* sb at gunpoint
- a person who uses a gun to rob or kill people: gunman
- to prepare to fight by picking up and carrying a weapon, or by giving a weapon to another person: arm yourself/sb; opposite: disarm sb
He armed himself with a pistol. ◎ The policeman pushed the woman against the wall before disarming her.
- if you are carrying a gun or another weapon, you are armed; opposite: unarmed
If you see this man, do not go near him. He is armed and dangerous.
- the sport of shooting at targets or killing birds: shooting (noun U)
I've won several prizes for shooting. ◎ pigeon shooting
- a person who can shoot very accurately: marksman (plural marksmen)
- if you are good at shooting, you are a good shot
- a group of soldiers who have been ordered to shoot and kill a prisoner: firing squad