gun

súng, súng ngắn

1. A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.Dụng cụ dùng năng lượng tích trữ để bắn đạn hoặc vật phóng, như súng cầm tay, đại bác, súng phóng lao hoặc súng tia; không bao gồm cung tên hay ná.
2. A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.Súng ngắn, dễ mang theo và cầm bằng tay, dùng để bắn đạn hoặc vật phóng, như súng lục hay súng ổ quay.
3. A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.
4. A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.
5. A cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum nominal bore diameter and tube length 30 calibers or more.

• Guns were considered improvements of crossbows and catapults.
• Some said that the cowboy was the fastest gun in the West.
• Crikey, look at him drive! Your mate Darren is a real gun.