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==English==
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===Etymology 1===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷʰen-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|gunne}}, {{m|enm|gonne}}, possibly from ''[[Gunnhild]]'', a female given name formerly used as a nickname for engines of war. The name is composed of the Norse elements {{m|non|gunnr}} and {{m|non|hildr}}, both meaning "battle".

====Pronunciation====
* {{enPR|gŭn}}, {{IPA|en|/ɡʌn/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-gun.ogg|a=US}}
* {{IPA|en|/ɡʊn/|a=North England,Ireland}}
* {{rhymes|en|ʌn|s=1}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A [[device#Noun|device]] for [[project#Verb|project]]ing a hard object very [[forcefully#Adverb|forcefully]]; a [[firearm#Noun|firearm]] or [[cannon#Noun|cannon]].
#* {{RQ:Jefferies Amateur Poacher|chapter=1|passage=They burned the old '''gun''' that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect.}}
#* '''2018 February 23''', {{w|Richard Ayoade}}, ''{{w|The Last Leg}}'', Season 14, Episode 5:
#*: Well, I've always been [[progun]], you know that. It's... yeah, I think adding more '''guns''' into a situation is obviously the way to prevent shooting. I think in a way, if we take the '''guns''' away, the shootings may escalate. And I think that's why {{w|Donald Trump|he}}'s so firm on literally [[arming]] everyone. I think if you don't have a '''gun''' in your hands... well, let's not find out what that world would be.
#: {{ux|en|'''Guns''' were considered improvements of [[crossbow]]s and [[catapult]]s.}}
#: {{ux|en|Looking for wild meat to fill his family's freezer for the winter, the young man quietly raised up his '''gun''' at the approaching deer.}}
## A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires [[bullet]]s or [[projectile]]s, such as a [[handgun]], [[revolver]], [[pistol]]{{,}} or [[Derringer]].
## A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a [[rifle]], either manual, [[automatic]] or [[semi-automatic]]; a [[flintlock]], [[musket]] or [[shotgun]].
## {{lb|en|military}} A cannon with relatively long [[barrel]], operating with relatively low angle of [[fire]], and having a high [[muzzle velocity]].<ref name="jp102">JP 1-02. ''Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 8 November 2010 (As Amended Through 15 March 2012)'', p.142. ([//www.dtic.mil/doctrine/dod_dictionary/ Searchable online version])</ref>
## {{lb|en|military}} A cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum [[nominal]] [[bore]] diameter and tube length 30 [[caliber]]s or more. See also: [[howitzer]]; [[mortar]].<ref name="jp102"/>
## {{lb|en|figurative}} A firearm or cannon used for saluting or signalling.<sup>{{w|21-gun salute}}</sup>
##* {{RQ:Weyman Chippinge Borough|I|01|passage=It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.{{nb...}}. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower '''guns''' smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.}}
# A [[device#Noun|device]] operated by a [[trigger#Noun|trigger]] and acting in a manner similar to a firearm.
## Any implement designed to fire a projectile from a [[tube]].
##: {{ux|en|air-pressure [[pellet gun|pellet '''gun''']]}}
##: {{ux|en|zip'''gun'''}}
##: {{ux|en|[[nail gun|nail '''gun''']]}}
## A device or tool that projects a substance.
##: {{ux|en|[[squirt gun|squirt '''gun''']]}}
##: {{ux|en|[[spray '''gun''']]}}
##: {{ux|en|[[grease '''gun''']]}}
## A device or tool that [[apply#Verb|applies]] something rather than projecting it.
##: {{ux|en|a {{w|rivet gun|rivet '''gun'''}}}}
##: {{ux|en|{{w|screw gun|screw '''gun'''}}}}
##: {{ux|en|a price-label '''gun'''}}
# {{lb|en|surfing}} A long [[surfboard]] designed for [[surfing]] big [[wave]]s (not the same as a [[longboard]], a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).
#* '''2000''', Drew Kampion, [http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/surfaz.cfm?id=766 surfline.com]
#*: by the winter of 1962, the Brewer Surfboards Hawaii '''gun''' was the most in-demand big-wave equipment on the North Shore.
# {{lb|en|cellular automata}} A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2000|author=Gary William Flake|title=The computational beauty of nature|passage=The glider '''gun''' on the bottom of the NOT circuit emits a continuous stream of gliders, while the data stream source emits a glider only when there is a value of 1 in the stream{{...}}.}}
#* {{quote-newsgroup|en|date=2007-02-23|author=Frank|title=Life on the Edge|newsgroup=comp.theory.cell-automata|url=https://groups.google.com/g/comp.theory.cell-automata/c/DijjKr2p53o/m/8VqQgQzicRcJ|text=It would be especially interesting if someone can find an "airplane '''gun'''", which generates airplanes at regular intervals.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2010|author=Andrew Adamatzky|title=Game of Life Cellular Automata|page=74
|passage=Greene's period-416 2''c''/5 spaceship '''gun'''}}
# {{rfv-sense|en}} {{lb|en|colloquial|metonym}} A person who carries or uses a [[rifle]], [[shotgun]] or [[handgun]].
#: {{ux|en|Some said that the cowboy was the fastest '''gun''' in the West.}}
#* {{quote-journal|1=en|date=October 31, 2019|author=A. A. Dowd|work=AV Club|title=Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro reunite for one last gripping crime epic, ''The Irishman''|url=https://film.avclub.com/martin-scorsese-and-robert-de-niro-reunite-for-one-last-1839491726|passage=De Niro plays Frank Sheeran, the real-life South Philly truck driver who moonlighted, over the second half of the 20th century, as a hired '''gun''' for the mafia.|accessdate=27 August 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821041540/https://film.avclub.com/martin-scorsese-and-robert-de-niro-reunite-for-one-last-1839491726|archivedate=21 August 2020}}
# {{lb|en|television}} An [[electron gun]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2012|author=Brand Fortner; Theodore E. Meyer|title=Number by Colors|page=202|passage=The problem is figuring out how to get the electrons from the red '''gun''' to hit only the red phosphors, the electrons from the blue '''gun''' to hit only the blue phosphors, and so on.}}
# {{lb|en|colloquial|usually|in the plural}} The [[biceps]].
# {{lb|en|nautical|in the plural}} Violent blasts of wind.
# {{rfv-sense|en}} {{lb|en|colloquial}} An expert.
# {{lb|en|Australia|slang|}} Someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, or cool.

=====Derived terms=====
{{col4|en
|[[air gun]], [[airgun]], [[air-gun]]
|Alekhine's gun
|anti-gun
|Armstrong gun
|Barisal gun
|BB gun
|big gun|DIY gun|kit gun
|blow from a gun
|[[blowgun]], [[blow gun]]
|Bofors gun|balling gun|gun barrel|gun room|gun-barrel|jigger gun|girls with guns|elder-gun|gun sanctuary
|Bren gun
|bum gun
|burp gun
|[[cap gun]], [[cap-gun]]
|caulking gun
|cemetery gun
|chain gun
|chase gun
|Chekhov's gun
|chicken gun
|chow gun
|clam gun
|coach gun
|[[coilgun]], [[coil gun]]
|[[Costain gun]], [[costain gun]]
|Dane gun
|dart gun
|Deer gun
|deluge gun
|drop gun
|eat one's gun
|electric gun
|electron gun
|elephant gun
|evening gun
|fiber gun
|field gun
|finger gun
|flag gun
|flame gun
|flare gun
|[[flash gun]], [[flashgun]]
|Gardner gun
|Gatling gun
|Gauss gun
|gene gun
|ghost gun
|[[give a gun]], [[give it the gun]]
|glider gun
|glue gun
|go great guns
|gravity gun
|grease gun
|great gun
|gunboat
|gun-brig
|gun-broke
|gun carriage
|guncase
|gun-centric
|gun club
|[[gun control]], [[gun-control]]
|[[gun cotton]], [[guncotton]]
|gun culture
|gun deck
|[[gun dog]], [[gundog]]
|[[gunfight]] → [[gunfighter]]
|gunfire
|gunflint
|[[gun for]], [[gun-for-hire]]
|[[gun fu]], [[gun-fu]]
|gun furniture
|gun grabber
|gun-happy
|gun-howitzer
|gun jumping
|[[gun kata]], [[gun-kata]]
|gun lap
|[[gun layer]], [[gun-layer]]
|gun licence
|gun line
|gun lobby
|gunman
|gun mantlet
|[[gun metal]], [[gun-metal]], [[gunmetal]]
|gun money
|[[gunner]], [[gunnery]]
|[[gun paper]], [[gun-paper]]
|gun pit
|gunplay
|gunpoint
|gunport
|[[gunpowder]], [[gun powder]]
|gun range
|[[gun rights]], [[gun-rights]]
|gunroom
|[[gunrunner]], [[gunrunning]]
|guns and butter
|guns and roses
|guns blazing
|gun shearer
|gunship
|gunshot
|gun show
|[[gunshy]], [[gun-shy]], [[gun shy]]
|gunsight
|gunslinger
|gunsmith
|gun sock
|gun-stick
|[[gun stock]], [[gunstock]]
|gun time
|gun-toting
|[[gun-type]] → [[gun-type bomb]]
|gun worm
|gunzel
|handgun
|harpoon gun
|Heaf gun
|heat gun
|hired gun
|hold a gun to someone's head
|hookgun
|Hotchkiss gun
|hot glue gun
|is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me
|jump the gun
|junk gun
|Krupp gun
|[[laser gun]], [[laser-gun]], [[lasergun]]
|Lewis gun
|light gun
|light machine gun
|line gun
|lock pick gun
|long gun
|Lyle gun
|[[machine gun]], [[machine-gun]]
|magazine gun
|massage gun
|Maxim gun
|[[minigun]], [[mini-gun]]
|minute gun
|morning gun
|mountain gun
|mouse gun
|[[nailgun]], [[nail gun]]
|needle gun
|net gun
|noon gun
|Nordenfelt gun
|opening gun
|organ gun
|out-gun
|paint gun
|Paixhans gun
|pellet gun
|pen gun
|physics gun
|pick gun
|piercing gun
|pill gun
|pivot gun
|poacher's gun
|[[popgun]], [[pop gun]]
|price gun
|pro-gun
|prop gun
|punt gun
|put a gun to someone's head
|[[quaker gun]], [[Quaker gun]]
|radar gun
|[[rail gun]], [[railgun]]
|railroad gun
|railway gun
|[[ray gun]], [[ray-gun]], [[raygun]]
|rivet gun
|Rodman gun
|[[run and gun]], [[run-and-gun]]
|[[scatter gun]], [[scatter-gun]]
|scrub gun
|[[shotgun]], [[shot-gun]]
|six-gun
|slam gun
|sleeve gun
|slum gun
|smoking gun
|snake gun
|snap gun
|snow gun
|[[son of a gun]] → [[son-of-a-gun stew]]
|space gun
|spear gun
|spike someone's guns
|[[splatter gun]],  [[splatter-gun]]
|spray gun
|spring gun
|spud gun
|squirt gun
|staple gun
|starting gun
|steam gun
|Sten gun
|[[stick by one's guns|stick by]]/[[stick to one's guns|to one's guns]]
|stun gun
|stutter gun
|submachine gun
|sure as a gun
|swivel gun
|tattoo gun
|temperature gun
|Thompson submachine gun
|[[time gun]], [[time-gun]]
|Tommy gun
|top gun
|under the gun
|up-gun
|wall gun
|watch gun
|water gun
|Whitworth gun
|wire gun
|Woolworth gun
|you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone
|young gun
|[[zip gun]], [[zipgun]]|aerogun|antigun|cryogun|footgun|gunbattle|gunbearer|gunbelt|gunbird|gunbroke|Gunchester|gunfighting|gunfit|gunfitting|gunflash|gunfucker|gunful|gunhand|gunhandler|gunhawk|gunhouse|gunite|gunlayer|gunless|gunlike|gunline|gunlock|gunloon|gunloop|gunmaker|gunmaking|gunmanship|gunnage|gunnel|gunnish|gunowner|gunpad|gunperson|gunpoke|gunpower|gunproof|gunrack|gunshed|gunshield|gunshop|gunsite|gunslinging|gunsman|gunsmithy|gunsmoke|gunster|gunstick|gunstone|guntard|gunwale|gunwise|gunwoman|gunwork|gunworks|gunwright|hotgun|machinegun|potgun|pumpgun|robogun|sandgun|scattergun|snowgun|speargun|studgun|supergun|wheelgun
}}

=====Related terms=====
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* {{l|en|HHT}}
* {{l|en|scanner}} (retail)
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=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|srn|gon}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|portable, short weapon, for hand use}}
* Ainu: {{t|ain|テッポ|tr=teppo}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|pistoletë|f}}, {{t+|sq|armë|f}}
* Amharic: {{t+|am|ጠመንጃ}}, {{t|am|ሽጉጥ}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مُسَدَّس|m}}, {{t|ar|طَبَنْجَة|f}}, {{t|ar|مُسَدَّسَة|f}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|مُسَدَّس|m|tr=musaddas}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ատրճանակ}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|বন্দুক}}, {{t|as|হিলৈ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|tapança}}, {{t+|az|pistolet}}
* Banjarese: {{t|bjn|sinapang}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|пістале́т|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|বন্দুক}}
* Bikol Central: {{t+|bcl|badil}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|arm-tan|m}}, {{t+|br|pistolenn|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|пистоле́т|m}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|သေနတ်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|pistola|f}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|тапча|cю}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᎦᎶᏇ}}, {{t|chr|ᎦᎶᏪ}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|手槍|tr=shǒuqiāng}}, {{t+|cmn|槍|tr=qiāng}}
* Corsican: {{t|co|pistola|f}}, {{t|co|pistulettu|m}}, {{t|co|pistolettu|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|pistole|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|pistol|c}}, {{t|da|håndvåben|n}}, {{t+|da|revolver|c}}
* Dupaningan Agta: {{t|duo|palattug}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vuurwapen|n}}, {{t+|nl|pistool|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|fusilo}}, {{t+|eo|pafilo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pyssy}}, {{t+|fi|pistooli}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pistolet|m}}, {{t+|fr|flingue}} {{gl|colloquial}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|თოფი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Pistole|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|πιστόλι|n}}, {{t+|el|περίστροφο|n}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|બંદૂક}}
* Hausa: {{t+|ha|bindiga}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|pū}}, {{t|haw|waikī}} {{qualifier|rare}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אֶקְדָּח|m|tr=ekdákh}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|बंदूक़|f}}, {{t+|hi|तमंचा|m}}, {{t+|hi|पिस्तौल|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|pisztoly}}, {{qualifier|slang}} {{t+|hu|stukker}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|byssa|f}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|fusilo}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|pistol}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|pistola|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|銃|tr=じゅう, jū}}, {{t+|ja|鉄砲|tr=てっぽう, teppō}}, {{t+|ja|ガン|tr=gan}}
* Jarai: {{t|jra|phao}}
* Kannada: {{t+|kn|ಕೋವಿ}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|пистолет}}, {{t|kk|тапанша}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|កាំភ្លើង}}
* Kikuyu: {{t|ki|mũcinga|c3}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|총(銃)}}, {{t+|ko|권총(拳銃)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|دەمانچە}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|demance}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|пистолет}}, {{t+|ky|тапанча}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ປືນ}}
* Latin: {{qualifier|New}} {{t+|la|sclopetum|n}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|pistole|f}}, {{t|lv|revolveris|m}}
* Lingala: {{t|ln|bondóki}}, {{t|ln|fataki}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|pistoletas|m}}, {{t|lt|revolveris|m}}
* Lü: {{t|khb|ᦓᦱᧆ}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|пиштол|m}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|pistol}}, {{t+|ms|bedil}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|തോക്ക്}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᠮᡳᠶᠣᠣᠴᠠᠨ}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|pū}}, {{t|mi|pūrākau}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|बंदूक|f}}
* Minangkabau: {{t+|min|badia}}
* Mon:{{t+|mnw|သေနာတ်}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|mn|гар буу}}
*: Mongolian: {{t|mn|ᠭᠠᠷ ᠫᠤᠤ}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|beeʼeldǫǫh}}
* Newar: {{t|new|तुपः}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{t|zdj|ɓunɗuki|c9|c10}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|arme|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|håndvåpen|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|håndvåpen|n}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|pistolet|m}}
* Ojibwe: {{t|oj|baashkizigan}}
* Oromo: {{t|om|qawwee}}
* Pali: {{t|pi|aggināḷi|f}}<!--Orig. 'Mon Pali'-->
* Pashto: {{t|ps|تفنګچه|f|tr=tofangčá}}, {{t+|ps|تمانچه|f|tr=tamānčá}}, {{t+|ps|تومانچه|f|tr=tomānčá}}, {{t+|ps|توپنچه|f|tr=topančá}}, {{t|ps|توپنګچه|f|tr=topangčá}}, {{t+|ps|تپانچه|f|tr=tapānčá}}
* Persian:
*: Dari: {{t+|prs|تَپَانْچَه}}, {{t|prs|تُفَنْگْچَه}}
*: Iranian Persian: {{t+|fa-ira|تَپانْچِه}}
* Plains Cree: {{t|crk|ᐹᐢᑭᓯᑲᐣ|tr=pâskisikan}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Flint|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pistolet|m-in}}, {{t+|pl|rewolwer|m-in}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|arma de fogo|f}}, {{t+|pt|pistola|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|pistol|n}}, {{t+|ro|revolver|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|пистоле́т|m}}; {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t+|ru|ствол|m}}, {{t+|ru|пу́шка|f}} {{qualifier|criminal slang}}, {{t+|ru|револьве́р|m}} {{qualifier|revolver}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t+|gd|dag|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|пѝшто̄љ|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|pìštōlj|m}}
* Shona: {{t|sn|pfuti}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|scupetta|f}}
* Sidamo: {{t|sid|qawwe}}
* Sinhalese: {{t|si|තුවක්කුවක්}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|pištoľ|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|puška|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|pistola|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|bunduki}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|pistol|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|baril}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|пистолет}}, {{t|tg|таппонча}}, {{t|tg|туфангча}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|துப்பாக்கி}}
* Tarifit: {{t|rif|azidan|m}}
* Telugu: {{t|te|తుపాకీ}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ปืน}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|མེ་མདའ}}
* Tigrinya: {{t|ti|ሽጉጥ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|tabanca}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|pistolet}}, {{t|tk|pistolýet}}, {{t|tk|sapança}}
* Tuvan: {{t|tyv|боо}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|пістоле́т|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|بَنْدُوق|f}}, {{t|ur|تَپَنْچَہ|m}}, {{t|ur|تَمَنْچَہ|m}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|تاپانچا}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|toʻpponcha}}, {{t+|uz|pistolet}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|súng lục}}, {{t+|vi|súng sáu}}, {{t+|vi|súng ngắn}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|gün}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|pistolet|m}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|dryll|m}}
* White Hmong: {{t|mww|phom}}
* Xhosa: {{t|xh|umpu}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|ביקס|f}}, {{t|yi|פּיסטויל|m}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|tıfıng|f}}
* Zhuang: {{t|za|cungq}}
* ǃXóõ: {{t|nmn|thòbolò}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|less portable, long weapon}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|հրացան}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|пу́шка|f}}
* Buryat: {{t|bua|буу}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|escopeta|f}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|топ}}
* Corsican: {{t|co|fucile|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|puška|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|gevær|n}}, {{t+|da|bøsse|c}}
* Dolgan: {{t|dlg|һаа|tr=haa}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vuurwapen|n}}, {{t+|nl|geweer|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|fusilo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kivääri}}
* French: {{t+|fr|fusil|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ქვემეხი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gewehr|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|τουφέκι|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|רוֹבֶה|m|tr=rové}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|puska}}, {{t+|hu|lőfegyver}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|byssa|f}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|fusilo}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|fucile|m}}
* Kalmyk: {{t|xal|бу}}
* Khakas: {{t|kjh|мылтых}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|កាំភ្លើង}}
* Latin: {{qualifier|New}} {{t+|la|sclopetum|n}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|šautene|f}}, {{t|lv|bise|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|šautuvas|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|пушка|f}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|senapang}}, {{t+|ms|bedil}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᠮᡳᠶ᠋ᠣᠣᠴᠠᠨ}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|बंदूक|f}}
* Minangkabau: {{t|min|sinapang}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|буу}}
*: Mongolian: {{t|mn|ᠫᠤᠤ}}, {{t|mn|ᠪᠤᠤ}}
* Nanai: {{t|gld|миоча̄н|tr=miočān}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|beeʼeldǫǫh}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{t|zdj|ɓunɗuki|c9|c10}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|arme|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|gevær|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|gevær|n}}
* Persian:
*: Dari: {{t+|prs|تُفَنْگ}}
*: Iranian Persian: {{t+|fa-ira|تُفَنْگ}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|strzelba|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|fuzil|m}}, {{t+|pt|rifle|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|pușcă|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ружьё|n}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|gunna|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|puška|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|escopeta|f}}, {{t+|es|rifle|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|bunduki|c9|c10}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|gevär|n}}, {{t+|sv|bössa|c}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ปืน}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|tüfek}}
* Tuvan: {{t|tyv|боо}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|تُفَن٘گ|f}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|súng trường}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|fizik|m}}, {{t|wa|carabene|f}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|dryll|m}}, {{t+|cy|drylliau|m-p}}
* Written Oirat: {{t|xwo|ᡋᡇᡇ᠋}}
* Yakut: {{t|sah|саа}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|kanon}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|مِدْفَع|m}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|kanol|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|оръ́дие|n}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|canó|m}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|топ}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|火砲|tr=huǒpào}}, {{t+|cmn|大砲|tr=dàpào}}, {{t+|cmn|砲|tr=pào}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|dělo|n}}
* Danish: {{t|da|kanon|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|kanon|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tykki}}
* French: {{t+|fr|canon}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ქვემეხი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Geschütz|n}}, {{t+|de|Kanone|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κανόνι|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|תּוֹתָח|m|tr=totákh}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|ágyú}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|fallbyssa|f}}, {{t+|is|skotvopn|n}}
* Ingush: {{t|inh|йоккха топ}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|cannone|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|銃|tr=じゅう, jū}}, {{t+|ja|大砲|tr=たいほう, taihō}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|총(銃)}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|lielgabals|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|patranka|f}}, {{t|lt|pabūklas|m}}, {{t|lt|armota|f}}
* Minangkabau: {{t+|min|mariam}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|kanon|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|kanon|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|armata|f}}, {{t+|pl|działo|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|canhão|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|tun|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|пу́шка|f}}, {{t+|ru|ору́дие|n}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|scupetta|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|kanón|m}}, {{t|sk|delo|n}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|top|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|cañón|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kanon|c}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|top}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|đại bác}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|dryll|m}}, {{t+|cy|drylliau|m-p}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|האַרמאַט|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top-see|military: cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more|howitzer|mortar}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|arm-tan|m}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|obús|m}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|топ}}
* Danish: {{t|da|skyts|n}}, {{t|da|haubits|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|kanon|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tykki}}, {{t+|fi|haupitsi}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ქვემეხი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Geschütz|n}}, {{t+|de|Kanone|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|תּוֹתָח|m|tr=totákh}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|löveg}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|byssa|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|obice|f}}
* Minangkabau: {{t+|min|mariam}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|skyts|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|obus|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|пу́шка|f}}, {{t+|ru|ору́дие|n}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|scupetta|f}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|havbica|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|obús|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|haubits|c}}, {{t+|sv|kanon|c}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|top}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|đại bác}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|long surfboard designed for surfing big waves}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|лонгборд|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|expert}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Arabic: {{t-check|ar|بُنْدُقِيَّة}}
* French: {{t+check|fr|arme à feu|f}}
* German: {{t+check|de|Geschütz}}, {{t+check|de|Kanone}}
* Hindi: {{t+check|hi|बंदूक}}
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|senapan}}, {{t+check|id|pistol}}
* Interlingua: {{t-check|ia|[[arma]] de [[foco]]}}
* Italian: {{t+check|it|arma da fuoco|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+check|ja|銃|tr=じゅう, jū}}, {{t+check|ja|拳銃|tr=けんじゅう, kenjū}}, {{t+check|ja|鉄砲|tr=てっぽう, teppō}}
* Malayalam: {{t+check|ml|തോക്ക്}}
* Mandarin: {{t+check|cmn|炮|tr=pào}}, {{t+check|cmn|槍}}, {{t+check|cmn|枪|tr=qiāng}}
* Maori: {{t-check|mi|pū}}
* Marathi: {{t-check|mr|बंदूक}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+check|nb|skytevåpen|n}}, {{t+check|nb|kanon|m}}, {{t-check|nb|gevær|n}}, {{t+check|nb|pistol|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+check|sw|bunduki|c9|c10}}
* Swedish: {{t+check|sv|skjutvapen}}, {{t+check|sv|kanon}}
* Telugu: {{t-check|te|తుపాకీ}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+check|vi|súng}}
* Yiddish: {{t-check|yi|ביקס}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to [[speed up]].
#: {{ux|en|He '''gunned''' the engine.}}
# {{lb|en|informal}} To offer vigorous support to (a person or cause).
#: {{ux|en|We're all '''gunning''' for you.}}
# {{lb|en|informal}} (gunning for something or gunning to do something) make a great effort.
#* {{quote-web|en|year=2023|author=George Ramsay; Amy Woodyatt|title=‘Like a chairlift up Everest’: Once running’s supreme challenge, has the value of a four-minute mile diminished?|passage=Australian John Landy, one of Bannister’s rivals also gunning to break the four-minute barrier, took more than a second off the Briton’s time in Turku, Finland, a few weeks later.|publisher=CNN|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/06/sport/running-four-minute-mile-spt-intl/index.html}}
# To seek to attack someone; to take [[aim]] at someone; used with {{m|en|for}}.
#: {{ux|en|He's been '''gunning''' for you ever since you embarrassed him at the party.}}
# To practice [[fowl]]ing or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: ''to go gunning''.<!--Webster 1913-->
# {{lb|en|ambitransitive|US|prison slang|of a male prisoner}} {{syn of|en|gun down||to [[masturbate]] while making sustained [[eye contact]] with someone {{mdash}} typically a female [[prison officer]] {{mdash}} as a form of [[intimidation]]}}.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2010|title=BNA's Employment Discrimination Report
|passage={{...}} all inmates participated in such conduct, and {{...}} "the inmates '''gunned''' only female staff, not the all-male security staff," he said.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|en|gun down|gun it|gun off|gun room|gun up|outgun}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|speed something up}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|disparar}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|opdrijven}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kiihdyttää}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|podkręcić}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|acelerar}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|приба́вить газу}}, {{t+|ru|газова́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|газану́ть|pf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|disparar}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|offer vigorous support}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
Related to {{m|en|ganef}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|obsolete|slang}} A [[magsman]] or [[street]] [[thief]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1863|author=Blanchard Jerrold|title=Signals of Distress in Refuges and Homes of Charity (etc.)|page=2
|passage=To discover {{...}} how the honest poor are compelled to hob-and-nob with the “shoful pitcher” and the “'''gun''',” it is necessary to visit the vast nursery-grounds of crime.}}

=====References=====
* {{cite-text|en|year=1873|author=John Camden Hotten|title=The Slang Dictionary}}

===Etymology 3===
From {{m|en|gunna}}, from {{m|en|gonna}}, from {{m|en|going to}}.

====Verb====
{{head|en|verb}}

# {{nonstandard spelling of|en|going to}}
#: {{ux|en|I'm '''gun''' go get my coat from da closet.}}

===References===
<references />

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=gnu|Ung|gnu|NGU|GNU|UNG|nug|Ngu|NGu}}

{{C|en|Weapons}}
{{cln|en|three-letter words}}

==Bissa==

===Noun===
{{head|bib|noun}}

# [[night]]

==Cornish==

===Noun===
{{kw-noun|f|gonyow}}

# [[plain]]

==Dongxiang==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sce|xgn-pro|*gün}}, compare {{cog|mn|гүн}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{sce-pron|guŋ}}

===Adjective===
{{sce-adjective}}

# [[deep]]

==Dutch==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ɣʏn/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-gun.ogg|Dutch pronunciation}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|gun}}
* {{rhymes|nl|ʏn|s=1}}
* {{homophones|nl|Gun}}

===Verb===
{{head|nl|verb form}}

# {{infl of|nl|gunnen||bare-verb}}

==Indonesian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{id-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|id|ɡʊn|s=1}}
* {{hyphenation|id|gun}}

===Etymology 1===
{{bor+|id|jv|ꦒꦸꦤ꧀|t=}}.

====Noun====
{{head|id|nouns}}
# [[loom]]
#: {{syn|id|serit}}

===Etymology 2===
{{ubor|id|ja|-}} {{ja-r|郡|ぐん|t=county, district}}. Romanised according modified {{w|Kunrei-shiki romanization}}.

====Noun====
{{head|id|nouns}}
# {{lb|id|historical|1942-1945}} {{syn of|id|kewedanaan}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:KBBI Daring}}

==Japanese==

===Romanization===
{{ja-romaji}}

# {{ja-romanization of|ぐん}}

==Jingpho==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|kac|my|ကုန်}}.

===Noun===
{{head|kac|noun}}

# [[goods]] for sale

===References===
* {{cite-journal|last=Kurabe|first=Keita|date=2016-12-31|title=Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw|url=https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2433/219015|journal=Kyoto University Linguistic Research|volume=35|pages=91–128|doi=10.14989/219015|issn=1349-7804}}

==Mandarin==

===Romanization===
{{cmn-pinyin|notr=1}}

# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|gǔn}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|gùn}}

====Usage notes====
* {{cmn-toneless-note}}

==Manx==

===Noun===
{{gv-noun|m|gunnaghyn|gunney}}

# {{alternative form of|gv|gunn}}

==Middle English==

===Noun===
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alternative form of|enm|gunne}}

==Northern Kurdish==

===Pronunciation===
* {{rhymes|kmr|ʊn|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{kmr-noun|m}}

# [[testicle]], [[ball]], [[bollock]], [[egg]], [[nut]], [[orchis]], [[testis]]

==Scottish Gaelic==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gd|/kən̪ˠ/|q1=before a broad consonant or ''a'', ''o'', ''u''|/kəɲ/|q2=before a slender consonant or ''e'', ''i''}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|gd|sga|co}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|gd|gu||before {{m|gd|bheil}}}}
* {{alt|gd|gum||before ''b'', ''p'', ''m'', ''f''}}

====Conjunction====
{{head|gd|conjunction}}

# [[that#Conjunction|that]]
#: {{uxi|gd|an t-amadan sin '''gun''' do thagh thu|that fool '''that''' you voted for}}
#: {{uxi|gd|am fear '''gum''' pòs aig deireadh na mìosa|the man '''that''' will marry at the end of the month}}
#: {{uxi|gd|an taigh '''gu''' bheil aice|the house '''that''' she has}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|gd|sga|cen}}.

====Preposition====
{{gd-prep|nom|L-}}

# [[without]]
#: {{uxi|gd|'''gun''' teagamh|'''without''' a doubt}}
#: {{uxi|gd|'''gun''' chàr|'''without''' a car}}
# {{n-g|used to negate a verbal noun}}
#: {{uxi|gd|thuirt mi ris '''gun''' a dhol a-mach|I told him '''not to''' go out}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|gd|às aonais}}

===Etymology 3===
{{rfe|gd}}

====Conjunction====
{{head|gd|conjunction|triggers lenition}}

# [[neither]]...[[nor]]
#* '''1911''' (Birlinn Limited), Edward Dwelly: ''The Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary'':
#*: {{ux|gd|Duine '''gun''' mhath '''gun''' chron, is motha a chron na a mhath.|inline=1|A man that's '''neither''' good '''nor''' ill is more ill than good.}}

==Yoruba==

===Etymology 1===

====Pronunciation====
*{{yo-IPA|gùn}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|gùn}}

# to be [[long]] (usually along a horizontal axis)

=====Usage notes=====
*'''gun''' before a direct object

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|yo
|{{l|yo|ìgùn}}
|{{l|yo|Ògùn|t=Ogun river}}
|{{l|yo|ìwọ̀n gígùn|t=length}}
|{{l|yo|gùnlẹ́mìí|t=to be long-lived}}
|{{l|yo|gígùn|t=long}}
|{{l|yo|àgùnfọn|t=giraffe}}
}}

===Etymology 2===
Possibly from {{inh|yo|alv-yrd-pro|*gwũ̀|t=to ascend}} or {{inh|yo|alv-yrd-pro|*gũ̀}}, cognate with {{cog|igl|gwú|t=to climb, to mate}}

====Pronunciation====
*{{yo-IPA|gùn}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|gùn}}

# {{lb|yo|intransitive}} to [[climb]], to [[ascend]] something
# to be [[climbed]], to be [[mounted]]
# {{lb|yo|intransitive|transitive}} to [[ride]] or [[mount]] (someone or something)
#: {{uxi|yo|ó '''gun''' kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́|She '''mounted''' a donkey}}
# {{lb|yo|idiomatic|intransitive}} to [[copulate]], to [[mate]]
#: {{syn|yo|dó}}
# {{lb|yo|idiomatic}} to be [[possessed]]; {{q|in particular}} to be [[possessed]] by the [[spirit]] of an [[orisha]]
#: {{uxi|yo|ó ń hùwà bí ẹni tí Ṣàngó ń '''gùn'''|He is behaving like someone that Sango is '''possessing'''}}

=====Usage notes=====
*'''gun''' before a direct object

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|yo
|{{l|yo|ẹ̀gùn|t=rider, climber, hunter}}
|{{l|yo|gẹṣin|t=to ride a horse}}
|{{l|yo|gòkè|t=lo climb upwards}}
|{{l|yo|ìgùn}}
|{{l|yo|agùn}}
|{{l|yo|mágùn|t=a charm used to prevent a man from sleeping with one's wife}}
|goróyè
|gorí
}}

===Etymology 3===
Possibly from {{inh|yo|alv-yrd-pro|*gwũ̀|t=to sweat}}, cognate with {{cog|igl|gwù|t=to sweat}}, see {{l|alv-yrd-pro|*(ò)úgwũ̀|t=sweat}}, {{l|igl|úgwù|t=sweat}}, and {{l|yo|òógùn|t=sweat, perspiration}}

====Pronunciation====
*{{yo-IPA|gùn}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|gùn}}

# {{lb|yo|intransitive}} to [[sweat]]
#: {{syn|yo|làágùn}}

=====Derived terms=====
*{{l|yo|òógùn|t=sweat}}

===Etymology 4===

====Pronunciation====
*{{yo-IPA|gun}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|gun}}

# to be [[angular]] in shape, to [[form]] an [[angle]]

=====Derived terms=====
*{{l|yo|igun|t=corner, angle}}
*{{l|yo|orígun}}

===Etymology 5===
Cognates with {{cog|its|gún}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{yo-IPA|gún}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|gún}}

# to [[pound]]
#: {{uxi|yo|Jùmọ̀kẹ́ ò kí ń '''gún''' iyán dáadáa, ẹ̀bà nìkan ló lè tẹ̀.|Jumoke doesn't '''pound''' yam well, she can only make eba.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|yo
|ẹ̀gúnjẹ <t:bribery>
|àgúnmu <t:powder medicine>
|gígún <t:pounding>
}}

===Etymology 6===

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|yo|gán||Ìkálẹ̀}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{yo-IPA|gún}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|gún}}

# to [[pierce]]; to [[jab]]; to [[penetrate]]; to [[stab]]
#: {{uxi|yo|Dókítà '''gún''' mi lábẹ́rẹ́.|The doctor injected me with a needle.}}
#: {{uxi|yo|Igi gogoro máà '''gún''' mi lójú; àtòkèèrè la ti ń wò ó|So that we may not be '''poked''' in the eye by the tall, pointed tree, one must watch it from afar.}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|yo|ẹ̀gún|t=thorn}}

===Etymology 7===

====Pronunciation====
* {{yo-IPA|gún}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|gún}}

# to be [[straight]]; to [[straighten]]
# to be well [[arranged]]; to be [[in order]]
#: {{uxi|yo|Àárín tọkọtaya '''gún régé'''.|There is peace between the couple.|lit=Between the couple '''is in proper alignment'''.}}
# to [[shrug]] one's shoulders
#: {{uxi|yo|Mo '''gún''' èjìká.|I '''shrugged''' my shoulders.}}

===Etymology 8===

====Pronunciation====
* {{yo-IPA|gún}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|gún}}

# to [[curse]]
#: {{syn|yo|gégùn-ún}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|yo
|ègún <t:curse>
|gégùn-ún <t:to curse>
}}