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Definition of Gun down
1. Verb. Strike down or shoot down.
Definition of Gun down
1. Verb. (transitive) To kill by means of a firearm, especially deliberately and in a brutal manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gun Down
Literary usage of Gun down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fighting Cheyennes by George Bird Grinnell (2004)
"General Miles said to the interpreter: "Tell Lame Deer to put his gun down."
General Miles did not notice that Lame Deer's gun was at full cock and White ..."
2. The Indian History of the Modoc War and the Causes that Led to it by Jeff C. Davis Riddle (1914)
"You lay your gun down, all your men does the same. ... Scar-Face Charley laid
his gun down on top of the pile of guns the Indians had stacked, ..."
3. Today's Short Stories Analyzed: An Informal Encyclopedia of Short Story Art by Robert Wilson Neal (1918)
"I'll hold my gun down at my side, and I give you my word that I won't raise it
to fire until I see that your hand is at your pocket ..."
4. The Indian History of the Modoc War and the Causes that Led to It, by Jeff C by Jeff C. Riddle (1914)
"You lay your gun down, all your men does the same. ... Scar-Face Charley laid
his gun down on top of the pile of guns the Indians had stacked, ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of New South by New South Wales Supreme Court (1893)
"... the gun down ; he did not put the gun down; he put the hammers down; I did
not notice that it was cocked before; he did not put the gun out of his hands ..."
6. Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society by Franklin Lafayette Riley, Mississippi Historical Society (1902)
"... with their pistols in their hands, until within ten or twelve paces, when they
covered him, and ordered him to put his gun down, which he promptly did. ..."
7. Frank Schley's American Partridge and Pheasant Shooting by Frank Schley (1877)
"... when stopping at a spring to drink or resting for awhile, always have the
hammer of the gun down. Whenever you stop at a spring to drink, or to eat your ..."
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