gunning
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gunning¹
verb
- present participle and gerund of gun
noun gunnings
- The act of firing a gun. Philippe Bourgois […] witnessed shootings, muggings, bombings, machine-gunnings, fire bombings, and numerous fistfights, and he was manhandled by New York City police who mistook him for a drug dealer.
Gunning²
proper noun Gunnings
- A surname.
- A locality in the Upper Lachlan council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
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Closest in meaning: punt, shooting, gunnery, gunwork, gunmanship, firing, gunshot, gunplay, gunfire, starting gun, shootynge, gunfighting, gunflash, discharge, gunpower, gunbattle
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