Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gun it

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.96 in modern English

Syllables: gun it
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To accelerate or speed up quickly or suddenly.

Informal

Example Sentences

"You're going to have to gun it to pick up that much speed in such a short distance."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

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

Questions

What does gun it mean?: To accelerate or speed up quickly or suddenly.

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