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gunnish

gunnish adjective: gun-like.

Adjective

gunnish (comparative more gunnish, superlative most gunnish)

  1. (rare) Gun-like.
    • Jane . . . who was she but mere decoration as he proved his gunnish manhood . . . ? Jane loved his guns.1989, Joe Rosenblatt, The Kissing Goldfish of Siam, Exile Editions, Ltd., →ISBN, page 28
    • Rafi's fingers knew about loading that gun the way you know the particular push and pull of your own house keys in the door. I shoved cold hands back in his pockets and touched the metal thing I had felt before. A bullet, of course. "All right." He held the gun toward me. A very gunnish gun, black...1991, Erika Taylor, The sun maiden, Scribner, →ISBN

Examples of gunnish in a sentence

  • A very gunnish gun, black with a long barrel.1991, Erika Taylor, The sun maiden, Scribner, →ISBN:
  • The more familiar gunnish qualities of the thing were: It was long and black and steely ...2013, Chris Lynch, Babes in the Woods, Open Road Media, →ISBN:

Forms of gunnish

comparativemore gunnish
superlativemost gunnish

Origin of gunnish

From gun + -ish.

Questions about gunnish

What does gunnish mean?
Gunnish means gun-like.
How do you use gunnish in a sentence?
A very gunnish gun, black with a long barrel.
What part of speech is gunnish?
Gunnish is an adjective.

Words near gunnish in the dictionary

  1. gunningite
  2. Gunningrah
  3. gunnings
  4. gunnis
  5. gunnises
  6. gunnish
  7. Gunnislake
  8. Gunnison
  9. Gunnison County
  10. Gunnison River
  11. Gunnison's prairie dog

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