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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The firing of guns.

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  • noun Shots from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report.
  • noun The use of gunpowder-type weapons, mainly cannon, as opposed to swords or bayonets.
  • noun military The time of firing of the morning gun or the evening gun.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of shooting a gun

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