All gun for synonyms
gun for
G g 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] /ΛΙl ΙΛhyu/ (Show IPA), 1845β1937, 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.