Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

top gun

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.86 in modern English

Syllables: top -gun
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An expert gunner or gunman.

noun

Someone most highly rated.

Example Sentences

"Woke her up around one She didn't hesitate to call Ice Cube the top gun"

Inflected Forms

top guns (plural)

Synonyms

baron big cheese big enchilada big gun big kahuna big man big name big noise big shot bigwig big wheel boss

Questions

What does top gun mean?: An expert gunner or gunman.

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