Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of gun
"After years of weightlifting, he flexed his arms to show off his impressive guns."
Well-developed muscles of the upper arm, especially the biceps and triceps.
In plain English: Guns are weapons designed to shoot bullets using gunpowder.
"The police confiscated all the illegal guns found in his car."
Usage: Do not use "guns" to refer to well-developed muscles; that usage is an outdated slang term from the early 20th century. In modern English, the word exclusively refers to firearms or the act of shooting them.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gun
"He guns the engine to get the car moving faster on the highway."
In plain English: To guns means to aim and fire a weapon at someone or something.
"The loud guns echoed through the valley when the hunters fired their rifles at sunrise."
Usage: Do not use "guns" as a verb; it is grammatically incorrect because the base word "gun" is already a noun and does not have a valid verbal form. Instead, use the correct verbs like "shoots," "fires," or "pistols" depending on your intended meaning.
Derived from the Old French gunne, which referred to an engine used in sieges, the term originally described any type of artillery or cannon before evolving into its modern sense of portable firearms.