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tommy-gunning

tommy-gunning is the present participle and gerund of tommy-gun.

Meaning 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

Questions about tommy-gunning

What is tommy-gunning the present participle and gerund of?
Tommy-gunning is the present participle and gerund of tommy-gun.

Words near tommy-gunning in the dictionary

  1. tommy tins
  2. tommy-cod
  3. tommy-cods
  4. tommy-gun
  5. tommy-gunned
  6. tommy-gunning
  7. tommy-guns
  8. tommy-knocker
  9. tommy-knockers
  10. tommy-rot
  11. tommycod

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