gunning

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English

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Verb

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gunning

  1. present participle and gerund of gun

Noun

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gunning (plural gunnings)

  1. The act of firing a gun.
    • 2011, Gary Ferraro, Susan Andreatta, Cultural Anthropology: An Applied Perspective, page 112:
      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.

Dutch

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Etymology

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From gunnen +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gunning f (plural gunningen)

  1. the act of awarding or allocating a project to a bidder
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