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gunning

[ guhn-ing ]

noun

  1. the act, practice, or art of shooting with guns; gun; gunnery.
  2. the hunting of game with guns. gun.


gunning

/ ˈɡʌɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act or an instance of shooting with guns
  2. the art, practice, or act of hunting game with guns
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gunning1

First recorded in 1555–65; gun 1 + -ing 1
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That makes the action sequence showing Joel methodically gunning down armed men and women to retrieve his surrogate daughter thrilling and baleful because we are watching him write a check destined to come due.

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And that's a blow for fast-growing economies like Vietnam and Indonesia that are gunning to be key players in industries from chips to electric vehicles.

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He gets a scholarship offer from Drexel University in Philadelphia, but is gunning for a better wrestling program.

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Later, he scrapped a plan coinciding with their scheduled November trip to Cape Town, South Africa, because Dobrev seemed suspicious — and he was gunning for a true surprise.

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Carlos Medina, 61, was charged with murder in February 2023 for allegedly gunning down Bishop David G. O’Connell, 69, at his Hacienda Heights home.

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