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Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.
Norman Cousins

Meaning of "big gun" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BIG GUN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BIG GUN

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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Big gun is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BIG GUN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of big gun in the English dictionary

The definition of big gun in the dictionary is an important or influential person.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BIG GUN

big data
big deal
big dipper
Big Eight
big end
big fish
Big Five
Big Four
big game
big government
big hair
big head
big hitter
Big Issue
big money
big name
big night
big noise
big on
big one

WORDS THAT END LIKE BIG GUN

air gun
BB gun
beanbag gun
electron gun
elephant gun
field gun
flash gun
Gatling gun
jump the gun
machine gun
paint gun
pellet gun
smoking gun
son of a gun
sporting gun
spray gun
squirt gun
stun gun
water gun
young gun

Synonyms and antonyms of big gun in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «big gun» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BIG GUN

Find out the translation of big gun to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of big gun from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «big gun» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大枪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arma grande
570 millions of speakers

English

big gun
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बड़ी बंदूक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بندقية كبيرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

большая пушка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grande arma
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বড় বন্দুক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gros canon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pistol besar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

große Kanone
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大きな銃
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

큰 총
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

súng lớn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரிய துப்பாக்கி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोठी बंदूक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Büyük silah
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

big gun
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

big gun
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

велика гармата
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mare arma
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεγάλο όπλο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

groot geweer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

big gun
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stor pistol
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of big gun

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BIG GUN»

The term «big gun» is regularly used and occupies the 76.988 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BIG GUN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about big gun

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QUOTES WITH «BIG GUN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word big gun.
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Norman Cousins
Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIG GUN»

Discover the use of big gun in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to big gun and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The last big-gun naval battle: the Battle of Surigao Strait ...
This is a unique, behind-the- guns view; a gripping eye-witness account riding the battle line at Surigao in the last Crossing of the 'T'.
Howard Sauer, 1999
2
The Eclipse of the Big Gun: The Warship 1906-1945
This volume chronicles that challenge to the power of artillery at sea, its political check with the inter-war naval treaties and its defeat at the hands of air power in the battles of the Second World War.
Robert Gardiner, David K. Brown, 2004
3
Big Gun Monitors
Ian Buxton. 227 The 18in single mounting officially known as the 15in B CD was designed by Elswick for the monitors on the lines of a land-service model of a basic type which simplified installation in GeneralWolfe and Lord Clive. Only 10 ...
Ian Buxton, 2008
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U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History
2. The. All-Big-Gun. Ship. The Florida passes under the Brooklyn bridge about 191 1. She typifies the austerity of the American dreadnoughts, her bridge almost nonexistent and deliberately exposed to the weather. The long bridge wings were ...
Norman Friedman, 1985
5
Conway's Battleships: The Definitive Visual Reference to the ...
This new edition provides the technical data, gives the design background and outlines the careers of the world''s battleships and battlecruisers.
Ian Sturton, 2008
6
The Comanche Code Talkers of World War II
... bazooka — ekasahpana' piatawo'i' — "soldier's big gun," from ekasah- pana' ( soldier's), pia (big), and tawo'i' or rawo'i' (gun). ARTILLERY AND EXPLOSIONS artillery — piata'wo'i' — "big gun," from pia (big) and ta'wo'i' or ra'wo'i' (gun).
William C. Meadows, 2009
7
Responsive Regulation: Transcending the Deregulation Debate
This book transcends current debate on government regulation by lucidly outlining how regulations can be a fruitful combination of persuasion and sanctions.
Ian Ayres, John Braithwaite, 1992
8
Where the Big Gun Rides
Color ilustration of a cowboy on horseback, carrying a rifle.
John Fonville, 1964
9
Vietnam Gun Trucks
The 3⁄4tonners were used as control vehicles and sometimes by serial commanders, being introduced in 1968. While lightly armed, they augmented the big gun trucks' firepower and would stay with the convoy while the large trucks engaged ...
Gordon Rottman, 2011
10
A Good Man's Life
As the allies had feared, the big gun blew a hole right through the front facing protective armor of the Sherman, doing shocking damage to the tank. The impact of the shell killed everyone inside instantly and the tank was left twisted and lifeless ...
Wayne Kehl, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIG GUN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term big gun is used in the context of the following news items.
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Motta clocks in
What they are not prepared to do is to make waves, as they are well aware that it is not in their best interests to anger such a big gun as PSG, ... «MARCA.com, Jul 15»
2
THE LAST SHIP Recap 'Solace': Badass Additions to Nathan James …
She hid her fatigues under a white lab coat, and like Arnold in “The Terminator”, pulled out her big gun from under the coat and blew them away ... «TVRuckus, Jul 15»
3
Photo Recap: Glemm Ride SlopeStyle 2015
Big gun on the course! Nicole Rogatkin started his last run with wallride to barspin out. Glemm Ride SlopeStyle 2015. 720 cork for the crowd! «Pinkbike.com, Jul 15»
4
Yearning for a Real Ugandan Police Officer
One of them is in a different uniform and he is holding a big gun. In one photograph, Niringiye is surrounded and the rest show different stages ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
5
What I did on my holiday
... pretty disrespectful to Bears actually and I'm just about to give him a little how d'you do on the jaw when I notice he's got this bloody big gun. «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
6
Universal casts its own magic with Harry Potter to take on Disneyland
And Universal hasn't brought out its big gun yet – “Harry Potter,” possibly the most popular film and book franchise in the world. When the first ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»
7
Watervliet Arsenal getting $27M in upgrades
... in 1848 that currently houses the Arsenal's firehouse; install a new fire suppression system and do an electrical upgrade in the Big Gun Shop, ... «The Saratogian, Jul 15»
8
Blight complaints outnumber citations
While a couple of property owner had been fined, he said, none had to deal with the mounting daily fines that are the blight ordinance's big gun. «The Ridgefield Press, Jul 15»
9
How First World War affected community
The shot, from what was obviously a big gun, had come sailing across from the direction of Tynemouth. Numerous people heard and saw it ... «Shields Gazette, Jul 15»
10
What is the Fourth of July to you?
Just before it got to the semaphore that used to be at Fourth Street North, they shot off that big gun. It was a blank charge for sure, because had ... «Brainerd Daily Dispatch, Jul 15»

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