Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gun fu

/ˈɡʌŋ ˈfuː/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables: gun -fu
IPA: /ˈɡʌŋ ˈfuː/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A style of sophisticated gunplay at close quarters, originating in Hong Kong action films.

Uncountable

noun

Alternative spelling of kung fu.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The Rev. Hugh Dalton runs a different kind of drive-in, one with no kung fu, bimbo fu, gun fu or any kind of violence. His establishment: The Gospel Film Drive-In."
"The gun-fu employed by the daintily fanged Jovovich seems like a development of the equally silly martial arts practised by Christian Bale in Wimmer's last dystopian action picture, Equilibrium (2002), but the director's vision has devolved from cod Orwell to riffing off bad girl art comic books and generally feeble posing."

Etymology

Blend of gun + kung fu.

Origin

Source language: Chinese

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

gun-fu (alternative) gunfu (alternative)

Phrases

gun-fu gun kata

Rhymes With

you do who new two too you-know-who through few true due talk down to

Questions

How do you pronounce gun fu?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡʌŋ ˈfuː/.
What does gun fu mean?: A style of sophisticated gunplay at close quarters, originating in Hong Kong action films.
Where does gun fu come from?: It is traced to Chinese.

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