Definition of gun

gun

(context, Military) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity. JP 1-02.
(context, Military) A cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more. See also: howitzer; mortar. JP 1-02.
A very portable, short weapon, for hand use; a bullet or projectile-firing weapon; a handgun.
A less portable, long weapon; a bullet or projectile firing weapon; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic, or a shotgun (or, historically, a musket or other firearm now obsolete).

Any weapon that launches a projectile from a tube, even if it is not a firearm, e.g., potato gun, air-pressure pellet gun.
Any device or tool that projects a payload in a superficially similar fashion to a firearm, e.g., nail gun, squirt gun, spray gun, grease gun.
A device or tool shaped like a pistol and operated in similar fashion by pulling a trigger with the index finger, e.g., rivet gun, price gun, screw gun.
(context, surfing) A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).

(italbrac, with "down") To shoot someone or something, usually with a firearm.

Etymology: Lady Gunilda which was a huge crossbow that used powerful shot. It later became used for firearms like cannons and muskets. The (Ger.) woman"s name "Gundahild" and similarly means "war-sword".

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