gunning

See also: Gunning

English

Verb

gunning

1. present participle and gerund of gun

Noun

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

Etymology

From gunnen +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

gunning f (plural gunningen)

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

Related terms

• vergunning