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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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gun dog

US pronunciation

American soundgun dog

gundog

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Clear final sound

gun - dog -> gun dog

Myanmar meaning

အားကစားသမားများ သေနတ်ဖြင့် ပစ်ချသည့် အကောင်ကို ယူဆောင်လာရန် လေ့ကျင့်ပေးထားသည့် ခွေးတစ်မျိုး။

Full entry

gun / gʌn / n

၁။ [C] သေနတ်။ အမြောက်။ fire a gun ❍ threaten sb with a gun ❍ Look out, he's got a gun! ❍ a warship with 16-inch guns ❍ anti-aircraft guns ❍ a toy gun ❍ a gun battle between rival gangs. See also AIRGUN, HANDGUN, MACHINE-GUN
၂။ the gun [sing] (အပြေးပြိုင်ပွဲတွင်) အချက်ပေးသေနတ်။ Wait for the gun!
၃။ [C] (esp in compounds) ပြွတ်၊ ချုပ်စက် စသည့် ကိရိယာမျိုး။ a grease-gun ❍ a staple-gun.
၄။ [C] (US infml ) ကြေးစားသေနတ်သမား။ a hired gun. v (-nn- )
❏ be gunning for sb [PHRV ] (infml ) အပြစ်ရှာသည်။
❏ gun dog n အမဲလိုက်ခွေး။ တောလိုက်ခွေး။
❏ gun sb down [PHRV ] (infml ) (usu passive) (သေနတ်ဖြင့်)ပစ်သည်၊ ပစ်ချသည်။ He was gunned down as he left his home.
❏ gun-metal n [U] ကြေးနီ၊ သံဖြူ၊ သွပ် ရောထားသော သတ္တု။ gun-metal grey (ie a dull, bluish-grey colour).

More examples

A gang armed with machine guns
‘Move!’ said Cardiff, waving the gun at them.
She found herself looking down the barrel of a gun.
[carry a gun] : Their police officers all carry guns.
[draw a gun] : He spun around at the noise, drawing his gun.
[aim/point a gun] : He pointed the gun directly at me.
[pull a gun on someone] : Suddenly the officer pulled a gun on them.
[fire a gun] : She was learning how to fire a gun.
[a gun goes off] : A police gun went off accidentally during a search of his home.
[gun battle] : He was shot dead in a gun battle with police.
Enemy guns fired a shell every two or three minutes.
[heavy guns] : Our troops came under prolonged bombardment by heavy guns.
A paint/glue/staple gun

Synonyms

firearm, pistol, revolver, handgun, cannon, rifle, shooter, Saturday-night special, Uzi, accelerate, be sold for, bird dog, blaster, bring, bring back, bring to, bringing back, brought back, bung, bunged, chew over, delve into, difference, dig into, draw forth, drop the hammer, equalizer, examine, fetch, fire up, flintlock, forty-five, freighted, freighting, give chase, give rise to, go with, grousing, gun for, gunned, gunning, hammer on, hardware, haul, hawking, howitzer, humped, hunt, hurl, lay a patch, lay rubber, let fly, let go with, look for, look over, look see, looked for, looking for, looking over, magnum, make tracks, mortar, musket, nail it, open fire, open up, opening up, ordnance, pack, parse, parsing, pat down, peashooter, peel rubber, persuader, pick off, piece, piggy back, piggyback, piloted, piloting, pitch, pore over, pull the trigger, pull trigger, pulling the trigger, put on afterburners, put pedal to metal, rev, rev up, rod, scratch around, scrutinate, search into, sell for, set off, setting off, shlep, shoot, shotgun, size up, sizing up, sped up, speed up, speeded up, speeding up, step on gas, take, take along, take stock of, thirty-eight, throw lead, tooled, tooling, torpedo, vet, vetting, weapon

Cross references

firearm pistol revolver handgun cannon rifle shooter Saturday-night special Uzi accelerate be sold for bird dog blaster bring bring back bring to bringing back brought back bung bunged chew over delve into difference dig into draw forth drop the hammer equalizer examine

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