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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • slang To be very good or the best at something.[http://www.aussieslang.com/slang/australian-slang-g.asp?page=2]

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Noun:

  • 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, screw gun, price-label gun.
  • A less portable, long weapon; a bullet or projectile firing weapon; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a musket or shotgun.
  • Any device or tool that projects a substance in a superficially similar fashion to a firearm, e.g., nail gun, squirt gun, spray gun, grease gun.
  • Any weapon that launches a projectile from a tube, even if it is not a firearm, e.g., air-pressure pellet gun, air rifle, BB gun; or, a home-made firearm such as a potato gun.
  • A very portable, short weapon, for hand use; a bullet or projectile-firing weapon; a handgun: a revolver, pistol, Derringer, zipgun, so forth.
  • usually plural Biceps.
  • cellular automata A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
  • military A cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum nominal bore diameter and tube length 30 calibers or more. See also: howitzer; mortar. JP 1-02.
  • military A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity. JP 1-02.
  • 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).

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Verb:

  • with ?down? To shoot someone or something, usually with a firearm.
  • To offer vigorous support to a person or cause.
  • To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone.
  • To speed something up.

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