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gunpoint en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡʌnpɔɪnt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From gun + point.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A location in the front of the muzzle of a gun.
  2. (uncountable) Threat or coercion by display or aiming a firearm or similar weapon.

Deriveds

at gunpoint

Relateds

knifepoint · point blank

Translations (6)

ja 銃口 (a location in the front of the muzzle of a gun) · de Laufmündung (a location in the front of the muzzle of a gun) · de vorgehaltene Waffe (threat or coercion by display or aiming a firearm or similar weapon) · de Androhung von Schusswaffengewalt (threat or coercion by display or aiming a firearm or similar weapon) · sv pistolhot (threat or coercion by display or aiming a firearm or similar weapon) · sv vapenhot (threat or coercion by display or aiming a firearm or similar weapon)