gun

A large artillery gun or one of the largest-caliber naval guns (as on a battleship).

To commit suicide, especially by use of a firearm discharged into the victim's mouth.

To launch or trigger an event or situation.

To cause a specific vehicle to accelerate; to open the throttle of an engine.

To kill by means of a firearm, especially deliberately and in a brutal manner.

To strive for the downfall or diminution of another.

The act or practice of soliciting orders for a new issue of a security before it has been registered with the SEC, or before its registration has been approved.

To shoot a gun.

Introduces a situation in which the listener is forced to make an immediate choice or state a preference under pressure, especially where neither option is strongly preferred.

To be armed with a gun or to arm with a gun.

A person who is employed as an armed guard, enforcer, or mercenary and who is prepared to use gunplay or similar violent methods in order to assert the interests of their employer.

To begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off.

To compel someone (to do something); to create a situation in which someone has no alternative course of action.

A nonfunctional imitation of a gun or an artillery piece, typically made of wood and usually intended to deceive enemy forces into overestimating one's available firepower.

To move the ball quickly and shoot often.

Evidence, particularly of a crime, that is difficult or impossible to dispute.

Under great pressure to perform.