gunning

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

gunning

  1. present participle and gerund of gun

Noun[edit]

gunning (plural gunnings)

  1. The act of firing a gun.
    • 2011, Gary Ferraro, Susan Andreatta, Cultural Anthropology: An Applied Perspective, page 112:
      Philippe Bourgois […] witnessed shootings, muggings, bombings, machine-gunnings, fire bombings, and numerous fistfights, and he was manhandled by New York City police who mistook him for a drug dealer.

Dutch[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From gunnen +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

gunning f (plural gunningen)

  1. the act of awarding or allocating a project to a bidder

Related terms[edit]

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