son of a gun

son of a gun meaning in Arabic

Examples of son of a gun in a sentence

• Why, I say, old feller, what a happy feller I once thought you, and what a miserable son of a gun you really are!1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 61, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I...
• "Why, Job, you old son of a gun, where the deuce have we got to now - eh?"1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
• I don't break, I can hold the chrome / And it's weighing a ton and I'm a son of a gun2002, “The Seed (2.0)”, in Phrenology, performed by The Roots:

Forms of son of a gun

Origin of son of a gun

Euphemistic variant of son of a bitch. There are folk etymologies suggesting nautical origins, such as a reference to the disputed parentage of a child born aboard a ship (between the guns), or a child fathered by a soldier (also referred to as a "gun"). However, these etymologies are not supported by evidence.

Words formed from son of a gun

• I'll be a son of a gun
• son-of-a-gun stew

Questions about son of a gun

What does son of a gun mean?

Son of a gun means son of a bitch.

What is son of a gun in Arabic?

Son of a gun in Arabic is اِبْنُ الفَاعِلَةِ (ibnu l-fāʕilati). See Son of a gun meaning in Arabic.

How do you use son of a gun in a sentence?

Why, I say, old feller, what a happy feller I once thought you, and what a miserable son of a gun you really are!

What part of speech is son of a gun?

Son of a gun can be a noun or an interjection.

What is the plural of son of a gun?

The plural of son of a gun is sons of guns.