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All gun for synonyms

gun for
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verb gun for

  • shoot β€” to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
  • capture β€” If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
  • poach β€” to trespass, especially on another's game preserve, in order to steal animals or to hunt.
  • track β€” a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
  • fish β€” (loosely) any of various other aquatic animals.
  • pursue β€” to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).
  • drag β€” drag and drop
  • stalk β€” an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like: We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk.
  • kill β€” to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
  • snare β€” one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.
  • seek β€” to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth.
  • go through β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • hunt β€” to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
  • look β€” to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
  • scan β€” to glance at or over or read hastily: to scan a page.
  • inspect β€” to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
  • investigate β€” to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
  • ransack β€” to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
  • probe β€” to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.
  • sift β€” to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
  • scout β€” a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
  • scour β€” to range over, as in a search: They scoured the countryside for the lost child.
  • scrutinize β€” to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
  • comb β€” A comb is a flat piece of plastic or metal with narrow pointed teeth along one side, which you use to tidy your hair.
  • check β€” Check is also a noun.
  • hawk β€” a medium-range, mobile U.S. surface-to-air missile system.
  • run β€” execution
  • grouse β€” any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae. Compare black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse.
  • trail β€” to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
  • scratch β€” to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
  • ride β€” to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
  • drive β€” to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
  • dog β€” a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
  • course β€” Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
  • gun β€” Also called gin rummy. a variety of rummy for two players, in which a player with 10 or fewer points in unmatched cards can end the game by laying down the hand.
  • press β€” to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
  • follow β€” to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
  • shadow β€” a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
  • hound β€” Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
  • scent β€” a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable: the scent of roses.
  • start β€” to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
  • heel β€” a contemptibly dishonorable or irresponsible person: We all feel like heels for ducking out on you like this.
  • prospect β€” Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
  • rummage β€” to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
  • forage β€” food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
  • grub β€” the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
  • inquire β€” to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
  • root β€” Elihu [el-uh-hyoo] /ΛˆΙ›l Ι™ΛŒhyu/ (Show IPA), 1845–1937, U.S. lawyer and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1912.
  • study β€” a room, in a house or other building, set apart for private study, reading, writing, or the like.
  • rake β€” inclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal.
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