| Formas compostas |
| antiaircraft gun | n | (heavy weapon that targets aircraft) | arma antiaérea loc sf |
| dart gun | n | (tranquilizer gun) | dardo tranquilizante |
| They shot the lion with a dart gun so that they could examine its teeth. |
| dart gun | n | (toy: gun fires rubber tipped darts) brinquedo | revólver de brinquedo |
| Billy, don't point that dart gun at your brother! |
| draw a gun on | | | ameaçar com uma pistola |
| draw one's gun | | | sacar a arma |
| elephant gun | n | (large hunting rifle) grande carabina da caça | rifle de elefante loc sm |
| elephant gun | n | figurative (disproportionately large response to a problem) fig., solução desproporcional ao problema | rifle de elefante loc sm |
| The police used 'elephant gun' tactics against the demonstrators. |
| grease gun | | | bomba de lubrificação |
| gun down | vtr | (shoot dead) matar, assassinar | abater a tiro loc vt |
| The victim was gunned down at short range. |
| gun for | vtr | informal (aim to obtain, strive for) fig, lutar para obter algo | matar por loc vt |
| | | esforçar-se para obter loc vp |
| The athletes are gunning for a gold in the next Olympic Games. |
| gun for | vtr | informal (aim to kill) informal: para matar | atirar vt |
| Ever since I accidentally ran over his wife, my neighbour has been gunning for me. |
| gun for | vtr | slang (go after sb with attempt to harm) | atacar, atirar vt |
| My new manager has been gunning for me since I had that last period of absence. |
| gun mount | n | (structure designed to support a gun ) | suporte de armas loc sm |
| gun sight | n | (aiming device on a firearm) aparelho ou dispositivo de pontaria | mira sf |
| The sniper looked through the gun sight and took aim. |
| jump the gun | | | sair em falso |
| | | começar antes do tempo |
| machine gun | n | (automatic firearm) | metralhadora sf |
| The soldier was armed with a machine gun. |
| machine-gun fire | n | (hail of bullets from an automatic firearm) | tiro de metralhadora loc sm |
| We could hear the sound of machine-gun fire in the distance. |
| son of a gun | | | danado |
| squirt gun | | | pistola d'água |
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