Gun vs Duck - What's the difference?

As proper nouns the difference between gun and duck

is that gun is while duck is .

gun

English

(wikipedia gun)

Etymology 1

(etyl) Lady Gunilda which was a huge crossbow that used powerful shot. It later became used for firearms like cannons and muskets. The (etyl) woman’s name “Gundahild” is cognate to modern Scandinavian Gunhild. In Old Norse gunnr meant “battle", “war" + hildr (Old English cognate: hild), a word also meaning battle (for its usage as a female name see: Hilda), but in this context means "battle maid”.

Noun

(en noun)

A .

*:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect.

#A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol or Derringer.

#A less portable, long firearm, bullet or projectile firing; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.

#(lb) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.JP 1-02. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 8 November 2010 (As Amended Through 15 March 2012) , p.142. ([//www.dtic.mil/doctrine/dod_dictionary/ Searchable online version])

#(lb) A cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum nominal bore diameter and tube length 30 calibers or more. See also: howitzer; mortar.

#(lb) A firearm or cannon used for saluting or signalling.

#*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.

A and acting in a manner similar to a firearm.

#Any implement designed to fire a projectile from a tube.

#A device or tool that projects a substance.

#A device or tool that something rather than projecting it.

(lb) A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).

*2000 , Drew Kampion, '' surfline.com

*:by the winter of 1962, the Brewer Surfboards Hawaii gun was the most in-demand big-wave equipment on the North Shore.

(lb) A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.

*2000 , Gary William Flake, The computational beauty of nature

*:The glider gun on the bottom of the NOT circuit emits a continuous stream of gliders, while the data stream source emits a glider only when there is a value of 1 in the stream.

*2010 , Andrew Adamatzky, Game of Life Cellular Automata , p.74:

*:Greene's period-416 2c /5 spaceship gun

(lb) A man who carries or uses a rifle, shotgun or handgun.

The biceps.

Violent blasts of wind.

Derived terms

* air gun, airgun * BB gun * big gun * blowgun, blow gun * cap-gun * chase gun * coilgun, coil gun * costain gun * electric gun * electron gun * flame gun * flare gun * flashgun * Gardner gun * Gatling gun * Gauss gun * glue gun * go great guns * grease gun * gunboat * gun cotton, guncotton * gun culture * gun dog, gundog * gunfight * gunfighter * gunfire * gunflint * gun lobby * gunman * gunmetal * gunner * gunnery * gunplay * gunpoint * gunport * gunpowder, gun powder * gunroom * gunrunner * gunrunning * gunship * gunshot * gunshy, gun-shy, gun shy * gunsight * gunslinger * gunsmith * gunstock * gunzel * handgun * hired gun * hookgun * Hotchkiss gun * jump the gun * laser gun, laser-gun, lasergun * light gun * long gun * machine gun, machine-gun * minigun * nailgun, nail gun * Nordenfelt gun * pellet gun * popgun, pop gun * Quaker gun * radar gun * rail gun, railgun * railroad gun * railway gun * ray gun, ray-gun, raygun * shotgun, shot-gun * six-gun * smoking gun * son of a gun * spear gun * spring gun * spud gun * squirt gun * staple gun * Sten gun * stick to one’s guns * stun gun * stutter gun * submachine gun * swivel gun * Tommy gun * toy gun * under the gun * water gun * young gun * zipgun

Verb

(gunn)

To shoot someone or something, usually with a firearm.

He gunned down the hitmen .

The CEO gunned down that idea before we could present it to the board.

To speed something up.

He gunned the engine .

To offer vigorous support to a person or cause.

He’s gunning for you .

To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone.

He's been gunning for you ever since you embarrassed him at the party.

To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning .

Derived terms

* gun down * gun it * outgun

Etymology 2

From (gunna), from (gonna), from (going to)

Verb

(head)

I'm gun go get da gun from da closet.

Anagrams

References

1000 English basic words ----

duck

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

To lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.

* Fielding

Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub.

To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.

* Dryden

In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day.

To lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

(Jonathan Swift)

To bow.

* Shakespeare

The learned pate / Ducks to the golden fool.

To evade doing something.

To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.

* 2007 , Alexander U. Case, Sound FX: unlocking the creative potential of recording studio effects (page 183)

The music is ducked under the voice.

Synonyms

* (to lower the head) duck down * (to lower into the water) dip, dunk * (to lower in order to prevent it from being struck by something) dip

Derived terms

* duck and cover * duck out

Etymology 2

From (etyl) ducke, dukke, doke, dokke, douke, duke, from (etyl) duce, .

Noun

An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.

Specifically'', an adult female duck; ''contrasted with'' drake ''and with duckling.

(uncountable) The flesh of a duck used as food.

(cricket) A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)

(slang) A playing card with the rank of two.

A partly-flooded cave passage with limited air space.

A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.

A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.

* 2007 , Cynthia Blair, "It Happened on Long Island: 1988—Suffolk County Adopts the Big Duck," , 21 Feb.:

The Big Duck has influenced the world of architecture; any building that is shaped like its product is called a ‘duck ’.

A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.

(US) A cairn used to mark a trail.

Hyponyms

* (bird) Anas platyrhynchos (domesticus), Mallard-derived domestic breeds, including Pekin, Rouen, Campbell, Call, Runner; Cairina moschata, Muscovy duck

Derived terms

* break one’s duck, break the duck * Burdekin duck * dabbling duck * decoy duck * diving duck * duck-arsed * duckbill * duck-billed * duckboard * duck-footed * duckling * duckness * ducks and drakes * ducks on the pond * hunt where the ducks are * lame duck * Lord love a duck * odd duck * Peking duck * rubber duck * * shelduck * sitting duck * take to something like a duck to water

References

* Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

Etymology 3

From (etyl) doek, from (etyl) doeck, .

Alternative forms

* (l), (l) (Scotland)

Noun

(en noun)

A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.

* 1912 , , "The Woman At The Store", from Selected Short Stories :

He was dressed in a Jaeger vest—a pair of blue duck trousers, fastened round the waist with a plaited leather belt.

Trousers made of such material.

*1918 , (Rebecca West), The Return of the Soldier , Virago 2014, p. 56:

*:And they would go up and find old Allington, in white ducks , standing in the fringe of long grasses and cow-parsley on the other edge of the island […].

Etymology 4

(central England). From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A term of endearment; pet; darling.

And hold-fast is the only dog, my duck (William Shakespeare - The Life of King Henry the Fifth, Act 2, Scene 3).

Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).

Ay up duck , ow'a'tha?

Synonyms

* See

Derived terms

* ay up me duck

References

* '>citation 1000 English basic words English terms with multiple etymologies English affectionate terms ----