<B>gun moll,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a woman companion of a gunman or gangster. <DD><B> 2. </B>a woman robber. </DL>
<A NAME="gunn">
<B>Gunn, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or based upon the Gunn effect. </DL>
<A NAME="gunnar">
<B>Gunnar, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Norse Mythology.) the brother-in-law of Sigurd (Siegfried). Sigurd won Brunhild for Gunnar (Gunther). </DL>
<A NAME="gunned">
<B>gunned, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> furnished with guns, as a ship. </DL>
<A NAME="gunned">
<B>gunned, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> furnished with guns, as a ship. </DL>
<A NAME="gunneffect">
<B>Gunn effect,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an electronic effect in which a semiconductor, such as gallium arsenide, becomes a source of electrical oscillations in the microwave frequencies when it is subjected to electrical voltage at a certain critical level. <BR> <I>Ex. Devices using the Gunn effect are expected to cause a miniaturization revolution in radar and other microwave systems (Science News).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="gunnel">
<B>gunnel</B> (1), noun. =gunwale.</DL>
<A NAME="gunnel">
<B>gunnel</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a genus of small, eel-shaped fishes somewhat resembling a perch, especially a species found in the North Atlantic. </DL>
<A NAME="gunner">
<B>gunner, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a man trained to fire artillery; soldier who handles and fires cannon. <BR> <I>Ex. The gunner fired the cannon in a salute as the flag was raised.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a naval warrant officer in charge of a ship's guns. <DD><B> 3. </B>the member of a gun crew in the artillery who sets the elevation and direction of fire. <DD><B> 4. </B>(British.) a member of an artillery unit. <DD><B> 5. </B>a member of the crew of certain military aircraft who has charge of a gun. <DD><B> 6. </B>a person who hunts with a gun. </DL>
<A NAME="gunnery">
<B>gunnery, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the construction and management of big guns. <DD><B> 2. </B>the use of guns; shooting of guns. <DD><B> 3. </B>guns collectively. </DL>
<A NAME="gunnerysergeant">
<B>gunnery sergeant,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a noncommissioned officer in the Marine Corps, ranking above a staff sergeant and below a first sergeant. </DL>
<A NAME="gunning">
<B>gunning, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act, process, or skill of shooting with a gun; hunting with a gun. </DL>
<A NAME="gunny">
<B>gunny, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a strong, coarse fabric made of jute, used especially for sacks and bags. (SYN) burlap. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=gunnysack.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="gunnysack">
<B>gunnysack, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sack or bag made of gunny. </DL>
<A NAME="gunpaper">
<B>gunpaper, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> paper treated with nitric acid to make it explosive. </DL>
<A NAME="gunpit">
<B>gun pit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an excavation where artillery is placed. </DL>
<A NAME="gunplay">
<B>gunplay, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a fight in which shooting takes place. <DD><B> 2. </B>skill in shooting. </DL>
<A NAME="gunpoint">
<B>gunpoint, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the end of a gun barrel. <BR><I>expr. <B>at gunpoint,</B> </I>with a gun pointed at one; threatened by a gun. </DL>
<A NAME="gunport">
<B>gunport, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a porthole for a gun. </DL>
<A NAME="gunpowder">
<B>gunpowder, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a powder that goes off with noise and force when touched with fire. Gunpowder is used in guns, fireworks, and blasting. Modern gunpowder is made of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=gunpowder tea.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="gunpowdertea">
<B>gunpowder tea,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fine kind of green tea, whose leaves are rolled into little balls. </DL>
<A NAME="gunpower">
<B>gunpower, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the number and strength of guns available. </DL>
<A NAME="gunrack">
<B>gunrack, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a rack on a wall for small firearms. </DL>
<A NAME="gunroom">
<B>gun room,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a room where guns are kept. <DD><B> 2. </B>a room for junior officers on a British warship. It was originally occupied by the gunner and his mates. </DL>
<A NAME="gunrunner">
<B>gunrunner, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who brings guns and ammunition into a country illegally. </DL>
<A NAME="gunrunning">
<B>gunrunning, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the bringing of guns and ammunition into a country illegally. </DL>
<A NAME="gunsandbutter">
<B>guns and butter,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a policy of putting equal emphasis on both military and domestic economic programs. <BR> <I>Ex. While it may be true technically and from a monetary point of view that you can have guns and butter, it is a fact of life that where your heart is there your money will go (Martin Luther King, Jr.).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="gunsel">
<B>gunsel</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a criminal; gunman. </DL>
<B>gunship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a helicopter carrying heavy machine guns and rockets for support of ground troops. </DL>
<A NAME="gunshot">
<B>gunshot, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>shot fired from a gun. <BR> <I>Ex. We heard the hunter's gunshot as it whistled over our heads.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the shooting of a gun. <BR> <I>Ex. We heard gunshots.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the distance that a gun will shoot. <BR> <I>Ex. The deer was within gunshot.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> made by the shot from a gun. </DL>
<A NAME="gunshy">
<B>gun-shy, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>afraid of the sound of a gun. <DD><B> 2. </B>afraid of loud noise. <DD><B> 3. </B>suspicious; wary. </DL>
<A NAME="gunsight">
<B>gunsight, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the sight of a gun; a device on a gun to assist in taking aim. </DL>
<A NAME="gunslinger">
<B>gunslinger, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a man who wears and fights with a gun. <DD><B> 2. </B>a badman, as in westerns. </DL>
<A NAME="gunslinging">
<B>gunslinging, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><I>adj. </I> wearing a gun. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the gunslinging marshal of the frontier town (Time).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a shooting or fighting with guns. <BR> <I>Ex. gang-style gunslinging.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="gunsmith">
<B>gunsmith, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person whose work is making or repairing small guns. </DL>
<A NAME="gunsmithing">
<B>gunsmithing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the practice or business of a gunsmith. </DL>
<A NAME="gunstock">
<B>gunstock, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the wooden support or handle to which the barrel of a gun is fastened. </DL>
<A NAME="gunter">
<B>gunter, </B>noun, or <B>gunter rig,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Nautical.) a rig in which the topmast slides up and down the lower mast on rings or hoops. </DL>
<A NAME="gunterschain">
<B>Gunter's chain,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a chain used by surveyors as a measuring instrument; surveyor's chain. It consists of 100 links, each 7.92 inches long. </DL>
<A NAME="guntersscale">
<B>Gunter's scale,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a plane rule containing scales of sines, tangents, and other functions on one side, and corresponding scales of logarithms on the other. It is used for solving problems mechanically, especially in trigonometry and navigation. </DL>
<A NAME="gunther">
<B>Gunther, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in the <I>Nibelungenlied</I>) the king of Burgundy and husband of Brunhild. </DL>
<A NAME="guntoting">
<B>gun-toting, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) carrying a gun or pistol. <BR> <I>Ex. gun-toting guards.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="gunwale">
<B>gunwale, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the upper edge of a ship's or boat's side. <DD><B> 2. </B>the highest planking on the hull of a ship. Also, <B>gunnel.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="gunyah">
<B>gunyah, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a native Australian hut. </DL>
<A NAME="gunz">
<B>Gunz, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Geology.) the first glaciation of the Pleistocene in Europe. </DL>
<A NAME="guppy">
<B>guppy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-pies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a very small, brightly colored fish of tropical fresh water, often kept in aquariums. The female bears young instead of producing eggs. </DL>
<A NAME="gupta">
<B>Gupta, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a Hindu dynasty that ruled India from the 300's to the 500's A.D. The reign of the Guptas is sometimes called the golden age of Hindu culture. </DL>
<A NAME="gur">
<B>gur, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a coarse sugar of southeastern Asia; jaggery. </DL>
<A NAME="gur">
<B>Gur, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large group of West African languages; Voltaic. It is a branch of the Niger-Congo language family. </DL>
<A NAME="guraghe">
<B>Guraghe, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Semitic language spoken in the south of Ethiopia. </DL>
<A NAME="gurdwara">
<B>gurdwara, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Sikh temple. </DL>
<A NAME="gurge">
<B>gurge, </B>verb, <B>gurged,</B> <B>gurging,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> to make a whirlpool; swirl. <DD><I>noun </I> a whirlpool. </DL>
<A NAME="gurgitation">
<B>gurgitation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a surging or whirling up and down; bubbling motion. </DL>
<A NAME="gurgle">
<B>gurgle, </B>verb, <B>-gled,</B> <B>-gling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to flow or run with a bubbling sound. <BR> <I>Ex. Water gurgles when it is poured out of a bottle or flows over stones.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to make a bubbling sound. <BR> <I>Ex. The baby gurgled happily.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to express with a gurgle. <BR> <I>Ex. The baby gurgled its satisfaction with life.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> the act or noise of gurgling; gurgling sound. <BR> <I>Ex. a gurgle of innumerable emptying bumpers (Thomas Carlyle).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="gurglet">
<B>gurglet, </B>noun. =goglet.</DL>
<A NAME="gurglingly">
<B>gurglingly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> with a gurgle. </DL>
<A NAME="gurgoyle">
<B>gurgoyle, </B>noun. =gargoyle.</DL>
<A NAME="gurjun">
<B>gurjun, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large tree of the East Indies, valued for its balsam and wood. <DD><B> 2. </B>the balsam of this tree and of certain other species of the same genus, used as a medicine and varnish. <DD><B> 3. </B>the wood. </DL>
<A NAME="gurkha">
<B>Gurkha, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a Nepalese Hindu people especially famous as warriors. </DL>
