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'shun

'shun interjection: a contraction of the military order: Attention!

Interjection

'shun

  1. A contraction of the military order: Attention!
    • Full of assurance I marched out in front of the company of seventy and yelled: ‘Company! ’Shun!’ They all ‘’shunned’.1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 103

Questions about 'shun

What does 'shun mean?
'shun means a contraction of the military order: Attention!
What part of speech is 'shun?
'shun is an interjection.

Words near 'shun in the dictionary

  1. 'sfoot
  2. 'sheart
  3. 'ship
  4. 'shroom
  5. 'shrooms
  6. 'shun
  7. 'sides
  8. 'simmon
  9. 'simmons
  10. 'skimo
  11. 'skimos

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