Gunner
noun
A person who operates or fires a gun, especially in the military.
The gunner aimed and fired the cannon at the enemy's fort.
Often appears as...
- anti-aircraft gunner
- artillery gunner
noun
A student who is very eager and tries too hard to please teachers, often seen as irritating by peers.
Some students are quiet and shy, while others are gunners always raising their hands to ask or answer questions.
Often appears as...
- law school gunner
- med school gunner
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
In Football, a player or fan of the Arsenal Football Club, which is based in London, UK.
As a loyal Gunner, he never misses an Arsenal match.
Often appears as...
- die-hard gunner
- proud gunner
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A person who operates or fires a gun, especially in the military.
The gunner aimed and fired the cannon at the enemy's fort.
Often appears as...
- anti-aircraft gunner
- artillery gunner
noun
A student who is very eager and tries too hard to please teachers, often seen as irritating by peers.
Some students are quiet and shy, while others are gunners always raising their hands to ask or answer questions.
Often appears as...
- law school gunner
- med school gunner
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
In Football, a player or fan of the Arsenal Football Club, which is based in London, UK.
As a loyal Gunner, he never misses an Arsenal match.
Often appears as...
- die-hard gunner
- proud gunner
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Military Role
Used to describe a military position with expertise in operating heavy weaponry.
During the battle, the gunner was crucial in manning the tanks.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Image
In movies and books, gunners are often portrayed as brave and skilled soldiers.
The film's hero was the gunner who saved his platoon.
Pro Tip 3/3Weapon Association
Gunner implies association with larger firearms, not typically small arms or handguns.
She trained to be a gunner on military helicopters.
Compare with
artillerymanbombardiergunmanmarksmanriflemanshootersnipertrooper
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How I made the ultimate...
toy with a violin theme is not the best thing for our times but like many boys that's what I grew up loving so I got to have lots of guns in my toy like the b-17 Flying Fortress bomber the belly Gunners ball turret has always
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The Sinking of the SS...
of the accuracy of his shooting and also a great deal of luck the two reinforce each other stone and his fellow gunners continue firing into the darkness to discourage another attack
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Deborah Scranton: Scenes...
And I knew what he was going to say. The gunner was throwing candy. They used to throw candy to the kids. Kids got too close, very often. And he said, "I killed a child.
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How I made the ultimate...
toy with a violin theme is not the best thing for our times but like many boys that's what I grew up loving so I got to have lots of guns in my toy like the b-17 Flying Fortress bomber the belly Gunners ball turret has always
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The Sinking of the SS...
of the accuracy of his shooting and also a great deal of luck the two reinforce each other stone and his fellow gunners continue firing into the darkness to discourage another attack
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Deborah Scranton: Scenes...
And I knew what he was going to say. The gunner was throwing candy. They used to throw candy to the kids. Kids got too close, very often. And he said, "I killed a child.
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Quote examples
William Kidd
Scottish Explorer
My lord, I will tell you what the case was. I was coming up within a league of the Dutchman, and some of my men were making a mutiny about taking her, and my gunner told the people he could put the captain in a way to take the ship, and be safe.
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Honeysuckle Weeks
British Actress
My dad had a small suitcase stuffed with photos, mementoes from wherever he'd traveled as a Royal Navy gunner. Not that he gunned very much, as it turned out. I'd haul it out and go through it time and time again.
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Rosecrans Baldwin
American Novelist
Machismo requires Latin blood. I'd say I never experienced machismo up close until I worked in a French office; the typical Wall Street gunner has the soul of a coffee filter in comparison.
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PartyNextDoor
American Musician
My first tape was 'Hey, I can do what y'all do.' It's new, flashy, and not through rap. It was a guy singing how cool he was. I'm here with big bro Drake; I'm his little gunner.
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William Kidd
Scottish Explorer
I do not care so much for the death of my gunner, as for other passages of my voyage, for I have good friends in England that will bring me off for that.
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Dana Loesch
American Activist
My grandfather served as a gunner aboard the U.S.S. Alabama in the Pacific theater during WWII.
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Sue Bird
American Athlete
Be a gunner? Me? I don't think I can do it. But I'll go for whatever the assist record is.
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William Kidd
Scottish Explorer
My lord, I will tell you what the case was. I was coming up within a league of the Dutchman, and some of my men were making a mutiny about taking her, and my gunner told the people he could put the captain in a way to take the ship, and be safe.
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Honeysuckle Weeks
British Actress
My dad had a small suitcase stuffed with photos, mementoes from wherever he'd traveled as a Royal Navy gunner. Not that he gunned very much, as it turned out. I'd haul it out and go through it time and time again.
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Rosecrans Baldwin
American Novelist
Machismo requires Latin blood. I'd say I never experienced machismo up close until I worked in a French office; the typical Wall Street gunner has the soul of a coffee filter in comparison.
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PartyNextDoor
American Musician
My first tape was 'Hey, I can do what y'all do.' It's new, flashy, and not through rap. It was a guy singing how cool he was. I'm here with big bro Drake; I'm his little gunner.
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William Kidd
Scottish Explorer
I do not care so much for the death of my gunner, as for other passages of my voyage, for I have good friends in England that will bring me off for that.
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Dana Loesch
American Activist
My grandfather served as a gunner aboard the U.S.S. Alabama in the Pacific theater during WWII.
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Sue Bird
American Athlete
Be a gunner? Me? I don't think I can do it. But I'll go for whatever the assist record is.
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