nongun
nongun adjective: without a gun.
Adjective
nongun (comparative more nongun, superlative most nongun)
- Without a gun.
- The results for the three oldest age groups are consistent with the hypothesis that gun availability may lead to fewer nongun suicides, but overall suicide rates are not more strongly related to gun ownership for this group than for the younger age categories.2004, Jens Ludwig, Philip J. Cook, Evaluating Gun Policy, page 59
- It is a safe bet that police recording of assaults involving firearms has changed less over the past 25 years than the recording and classification of the more heterogeneous category of nongun assaults, including those involving other weapons such as knives or clubs.2006, James P. Lynch, Lynn A. Addington, Understanding Crime Statistics, page 260
Noun
nongun (plural nonguns)
- Something that is not a gun, especially something that resembles a gun or is used instead of a gun.
- Stick to your nonguns. Even if they lock you up.1985, Ruth Mueller, The Eye of the Child, page 51
- For purposes of this section, the term "look-alike firearm" means any imitation of any original firearm which was manufactured, designed, and produced since 1898, including and limited to toy guns, water guns, replica nonguns, and air-soft guns firing nonmetallic projectiles.1990, United States Statutes at Large - Volume 102, Part 4, page 3190
Examples of nongun in a sentence
- The leg on the gun side takes a shorter step than the leg on the nongun side, and the corresponding arm follows a similarly constrained trajectory.2019, Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers, page 304:
- The weapons are classified into three groups: handguns, other guns, and nonguns (which includes no weapon).2000, Alfred Blumstein, Joel Wallman, The Crime Drop in America, page 31:
Forms of nongun
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more nongun |
| superlative | most nongun |
| Noun | |
| plural | nonguns |
Origin of nongun
From non- + gun.
Questions about nongun
- What does nongun mean?
- Nongun means without a gun.
- How do you use nongun in a sentence?
- The leg on the gun side takes a shorter step than the leg on the nongun side, and the corresponding arm follows a similarly constrained trajectory.
- What part of speech is nongun?
- Nongun can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near nongun in the dictionary
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