Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gun down

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.91 in modern English

Syllables: gun -down
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To kill by means of a firearm, especially deliberately and in a brutal manner.

Transitive verb

verb

To shoot down; to put an end to.

Transitive verb

verb

To masturbate while making sustained eye contact with someone — typically a female prison officer — as a form of intimidation.

American usage; Slang; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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."
"The CEO gunned down that idea before we could present it to the board."
"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."

Usage

Inflected Forms

guns down (present, singular) gunning down (participle, present) gunned down (participle, past) gunned down (past)

Synonyms

gun

Questions

What does gun down mean?: To kill by means of a firearm, especially deliberately and in a brutal manner.

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