gun down en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(transitive) To kill by means of a firearm, especially deliberately and in a brutal manner.
When Manzanas arrived home from work, the assailant gunned him down from ambush with a volley of pistol shots and escaped across the nearby border to France.
1968 September 6, “Spain: The Basque Rebellion”, in Time:
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(figuratively, transitive) To shoot down; to put an end to.
The CEO gunned down that idea before we could present it to the board.
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(US, of a male prisoner, slang, transitive) To masturbate while making sustained eye contact with someone — typically a female prison officer — as a form of intimidation.
In the cell diagonally across from mine, a prisoner regularly “gunned down” the nurse on her morning rounds. He deliberately masturbated so that she'd see him through the cell door window as he ejaculated.
2004, Jens Soering, Yoga of Heart:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| guns down | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| gunned down | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| gunned down | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| gunning down | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (17)
nl neerschieten (kill by firearm) · es balear (kill by firearm) · pt balear (kill by firearm) · pl zastrzelić (kill by firearm) · sv skjuta (kill by firearm) · da skyde (kill by firearm) · cmn 槍斃 /枪毙 (kill by firearm) · vi bắn (kill by firearm) · fi ampua (kill by firearm) · lus kâphlum (kill by firearm) · nb skyte (kill by firearm) · es disparar (kill by firearm) · ru застрели́ть (kill by firearm) · bg обстрелвам (kill by firearm) · nn skyte (kill by firearm) · nn skjote (kill by firearm) · ca disparar (kill by firearm)