Gunning

name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of firing a gun.

    "Philippe Bourgois […] witnessed shootings, muggings, bombings, machine-gunnings, fire bombings, and numerous fistfights, and he was manhandled by New York City police who mistook him for a drug dealer."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of gun form-of, gerund, participle, present
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A locality in the Upper Lachlan council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Synonyms

All synonyms
chasehawkinghunthuntingshootingsport

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"Philippe Bourgois […] witnessed shootings, muggings, bombings, machine-gunnings, fire bombings, and numerous fistfights, and he was manhandled by New York City police who mistook him for a drug dealer."

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