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tommy-gun

tommy-gun is the alternative spelling of Tommy gun.

Verb

tommy-gun (third-person singular simple present tommy-guns, present participle tommy-gunning, simple past and past participle tommy-gunned)

  1. To shoot with a Tommy gun; to fire a Tommy gun.
    • 'The Phantom was stopped soon after Jacksonville. Between Waldo and Ocala. Your compartment was tommy-gunned and bombed. Blown to bits.'1954, Ian Fleming, “The Everglades”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 127

Forms of tommy-gun

Noun
pluraltommy-guns
Verb
third-person singular presenttommy-guns
present participletommy-gunning
past participletommy-gunned
pasttommy-gunned

Questions about tommy-gun

What does tommy-gun mean?
Tommy-gun means to shoot with a Tommy gun; to fire a Tommy gun.
What is tommy-gun the alternative spelling of?
Tommy-gun is the alternative spelling of Tommy gun.
What part of speech is tommy-gun?
Tommy-gun is a verb.
What is the past tense of tommy-gun?
The past tense of tommy-gun is tommy-gunned.

Words near tommy-gun in the dictionary

  1. Tommy Tiddler's ground
  2. tommy tin
  3. tommy tins
  4. tommy-cod
  5. tommy-cods
  6. tommy-gun
  7. tommy-gunned
  8. tommy-gunning
  9. tommy-guns
  10. tommy-knocker
  11. tommy-knockers

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