Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

give a gun

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.89 in modern English

Syllables
give a -gun
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To order a gun to be fired; sometimes construed with dative (or to), implying that it is done as an honor, as a help (occasionally as a hostile demonstration).

Inflected Forms

gives a gun (present, singular) giving a gun (participle, present) gave a gun (past) given a gun (participle, past)

Questions

What does give a gun mean?
To order a gun to be fired; sometimes construed with dative (or to), implying that it is done as an honor, as a help (occasionally as a hostile demonstration).

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