Phrase Hound found 182 phrases and 67 compound words that contain guns. The most common are listed below. Open guns in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 182
- machine gunsplural of machine gun: A type of fully automatic firearm that fires bullets in rapid succession by a single action of the trigger and is capable of sustained fire.
- guns and butterDefense and social government spending, especially when seen as a trade-off.
- big gunsplural of big gun: A large artillery gun or one of the largest-caliber naval guns (as on a battleship).
- guns and rosesThe glamour of love, war, and adventure, as opposed to mundane reality.
- girls with gunsA subgenre of action films that portrays a female protagonist(s) engaged in shootouts, often involving gunplay, stunts and martial-arts action.
- great gunsplural of great gun: A large artillery gun or one of the largest-caliber naval guns (as on a battleship).
- sons of gunsplural of son of a gun: son of a bitch
- Two GunsA ghost town in Coconino County, Arizona, United States.
- stick-to-your-gunsRefusing to compromise, change one's mind, or abandon one's beliefs despite opposition or criticism; steadfast, resolute.
- guns-for-hireplural of gun-for-hire: A contract killer.
- guns blazingWith much force or bravado.
- air gunsplural of air gun: A gun that propels a projectile by compressed air or similar compressed gas (such as carbon dioxide).
- BB gunsplural of BB gun: A gun that shoots BB-size pellets, typically using compressed air, or sometimes just a compressed spring.
- field gunsplural of field gun: An artillery piece, originally a smaller gun that could accompany a field army on the march and when in combat could be moved about the battlefield in response to changing circumstances.
- finger gunsplural of finger gun: A hand gesture in which a person uses their hand to mimic a handgun, raising their thumb above their fist to act as a hammer, and one or two fingers extended perpendicular to it acting as a barrel.
- ghost gunsplural of ghost gun: A gun without serial numbers that cannot be easily tracked, especially a homemade gun built with nonregistered, partially finished, or 3D printed components.
- guns upthird-person singular simple present indicative of gun up: To gun the engine of a vehicle.
- laser gunsplural of laser gun: a ray gun
- Lewis gunsplural of Lewis gun: A light machine gun adopted by Belgium and the UK before World War I and widely used.
- light gunsplural of light gun: A device resembling a gun that allows the player of a video game to target a point on the screen.
- long gunsplural of long gun: A firearm, such as a shotgun or rifle, which is fired while braced against the shoulder.
- mountain gunsplural of mountain gun: A gun or cannon specially adapted for use in mountainous terrain.
- paint gunsplural of paint gun: A spray gun, used to spray paint and other protective coatings.
- pen gunsplural of pen gun: A pop gun (kind of toy gun)
- rail gunsplural of rail gun: An electromagnetic gun that uses a large electrical current to propel a projectile down a track of two parallel conductive rails.
Compound words 67
- handgunsplural of handgun: A small gun with a relatively short barrel, designed to be held and operated with a single hand.
- shotgunsplural of shotgun: A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.
- airgunsplural of airgun: A gun that propels a projectile by compressed air or similar compressed gas (such as carbon dioxide).
- gunshotsplural of gunshot: The act of discharging a firearm.
- gunshipsplural of gunship: A ship equipped with heavy artillery.
- GunstonA surname.
- gunslingersplural of gunslinger: A person in the Old West who carried a gun and was an expert at quickly drawing it and firing.
- speargunsplural of speargun: A tube-shaped gun that fires a barbed spear, almost always for underwater use.
- shogunsplural of shogun: The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.
- nongunsplural of nongun: Without a gun.