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gun show

gun show noun: an event where a promoter rents a venue to bring together gun dealers and potential purchasers: a trade show for firearms.

gun show: an event where a promoter rents a venue to bring together gun dealers and potential purchasers: a...
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Noun

gun show (plural gun shows)

  1. (US) An event where a promoter rents a venue to bring together gun dealers and potential purchasers: a trade show for firearms.
  2. (humorous) A display of one's bulgingly muscular biceps (upper arms).
    • two tickets to the gun show

Forms of gun show

pluralgun shows

Origin of gun show

The biceps sense is an extension of the metaphor whereby biceps are jokingly called guns.

Questions about gun show

What does gun show mean?
Gun show means an event where a promoter rents a venue to bring together gun dealers and potential purchasers: a trade show for firearms.
What part of speech is gun show?
Gun show is a noun.
What is the plural of gun show?
The plural of gun show is gun shows.

Words near gun show in the dictionary

  1. gun rooms
  2. gun sanctuaries
  3. gun sanctuary
  4. gun shearer
  5. gun shearers
  6. gun show
  7. gun shows
  8. gun shy
  9. gun sock
  10. gun socks
  11. gun stock

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