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gun meaning in Italian

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gun [guns] ((military) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
noun
[UK: ɡʌn]
[US: ˈɡən]

cannonenoun
{m}

gun [guns] ((military) a cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more)
noun
[UK: ɡʌn]
[US: ˈɡən]

obicenoun
{f}

gun [guns] (a less portable, long weapon)
noun
[UK: ɡʌn]
[US: ˈɡən]

fucilenoun
{m}

gun [guns] (a portable, short weapon, for hand use)
noun
[UK: ɡʌn]
[US: ˈɡən]

pistolanoun
{f}
Drop the gun! = Giù la pistola!

gun [guns] noun
[UK: ɡʌn]
[US: ˈɡən]

arma da fuoconoun
{f}

gin [gan | gun, ginning, gins] (to remove the seeds from cotton)
verb
[UK: dʒɪn]
[US: ˈdʒɪn]

ginnareverb

gun carriage (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation)
noun
[UK: ɡʌn ˈkær.ɪdʒ]
[US: ˈɡən ˈkæ.rɪdʒ]

affustonoun
{m}

trenonoun
{m}

gunboat [gunboats] (small armed vessel)
noun
[UK: ˈɡʌn.bəʊt]
[US: ˈɡʌnboʊt]

cannonieranoun
{f}

gundi (rodent of the family Ctenodactylidae)
noun

gundinoun
{m}

gunfire [gunfires] (shots from guns)
noun
[UK: ˈɡʌn.faɪə(r)]
[US: ˈɡʌn.ˌfaɪər]

fucilatanoun
{f}

schioppettatanoun
{f}

schiopponoun
{m}

sparonoun
{m}

gunk (dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance)
noun
[UK: ɡʌŋk]
[US: ɡʌŋk]

sudiciumenoun
{m}

gunner [gunners] (artillery soldier)
noun
[UK: ˈɡʌ.nə(r)]
[US: ˈɡʌ.nər]

artiglierenoun
{m}

gunpowder [gunpowders] (explosive mixture)
noun
[UK: ˈɡʌn.paʊ.də(r)]
[US: ˈɡʌn.ˌpɑːw.dər]

polvere da sparonoun
{f}

polvere piricanoun
{f}

Gunpowder Plot (failed plot to kill the king of England)
proper noun
[UK: ˈɡʌn.paʊ.də(r) plɒt]
[US: ˈɡʌn.ˌpɑːw.dər ˈplɑːt]

Congiura delle polveriproper noun
{f}

gunshot [gunshots] (act of discharging a firearm)
noun
[UK: ˈɡʌn.ʃɒt]
[US: ˈɡʌn.ˌʃɑːt]

colpo di fucilenoun
{m}

fucilatanoun
{f}

schioppettatanoun
{f}

schiopponoun
{m}

sparonoun
{m}
Dan heard a gunshot. = Dan sentì uno sparo.

gunslinger (person expert at the quick draw)
noun
[UK: ˈɡəns.ˌlɪŋə(r)]
[US: ˈɡəns.ˌlɪŋər]

pistoleronoun
{m}

gunwale (top edge of the side of a boat)
noun
[UK: ˈɡʌn.l̩]
[US: ˈɡʌn.l̩]

falchettanoun
{f}

at gunpoint (under coercion by someone with a firearm)
preposition

a mano armatapreposition

begin [began, begun, beginning, begins] (to start, to initiate or take the first step into something)
verb
[UK: bɪ.ˈɡɪn]
[US: bɪ.ˈɡɪn]

cominciareverbCan I begin? = Posso cominciare?

iniziareverbCan I begin? = Posso iniziare?

blowgun [blowguns] (weapon)
noun
[UK: blˈəʊɡʌn]
[US: blˈoʊɡʌn]

cerbottananoun
{f}

burgundy [Burgundies] (color)
noun
[UK: ˈbɜː.ɡən.di]
[US: ˈbɝː.ɡən.di]

borgognanoun
{m}

Burgundy (region)
proper noun
[UK: ˈbɜː.ɡən.di]
[US: ˈbɝː.ɡən.di]

Borgognaproper noun
{f}

coilgun (any device that uses electromagnets to accelerate a magnetic projectile)
noun

cannone di Gaussnoun
{m}

double-barrelled shotgun (type of shot-firing gun)
noun

doppiettanoun
{f}

flare gun (pistol-like firearm)
noun

pistola lanciarazzinoun
{f}

harpoon gun noun

lanciarpionenoun
{m}

jump the gun (to act without due caution)
verb
[UK: dʒʌmp ðə ɡʌn]
[US: ˈdʒəmp ðə ˈɡən]

andare a testa bassaverb

machine gun [machine guns] (type of firearm)
noun
[UK: mə.ˈʃiːn ɡʌn]
[US: mɪ.ˈʃiːn ˈɡən]

mitragliatricenoun
{f}

machine-gunner (someone who uses a machine gun)
noun
[UK: mə.ˈʃiːn ˈɡʌ.nə(r)]
[US: mɪ.ˈʃiːn ˈɡʌ.nər]

mitraglierenoun
{m}

nail gun (gun which drives nails)
noun

sparachiodinoun

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