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I can remember standing in a W.P.A. line with a gunny sack, and I remember having to buy chocolate milk instead of white because it was one cent cheaper.
Jerry Buss

Meaning of "gunny" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GUNNY

From Hindi gōnī, from Sanskrit gonī sack, probably of Dravidian origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GUNNY

gunny  [ˈɡʌnɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GUNNY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gunny 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 GUNNY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gunnery Sergeant

Gunnery Sergeant is the seventh enlisted rank in the United States Marine Corps, just above Staff Sergeant and below Master Sergeant and First Sergeant, and is a staff non-commissioned officer. It has a pay grade of E-7. The Gunnery Sergeant insignia consists of two M1 Garands centered vertically between three chevrons and two rockers.

Definition of gunny in the English dictionary

The definition of gunny in the dictionary is a coarse hard-wearing fabric usually made from jute and used for sacks, etc. Other definition of gunny is Also called: gunny sack. a sack made from this fabric.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GUNNY


Ballymoney
ˌbælɪˈmʌnɪ
bunny
ˈbʌnɪ
dunny
ˈdʌnɪ
funny
ˈfʌnɪ
honey
ˈhʌnɪ
money
ˈmʌnɪ
old-money
əʊld ˈmʌnɪ
punny
ˈpʌnɪ
runny
ˈrʌnɪ
sonny
ˈsʌnɪ
Sunni
ˈsʌnɪ
sunny
ˈsʌnɪ
tannie
ˈtʌnɪ
Tunney
ˈtʌnɪ
tunny
ˈtʌnɪ
unfunny
ʌnˈfʌnɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GUNNY

gunnage
Gunnar
gunned
gunnel
Gunnell
gunner
gunnera
gunnership
gunnery
gunnery officer
gunnery range
gunnies
gunning
gunny sack
gunpaper
gunplay
gunpoint
gunport
gunpowder

WORDS THAT END LIKE GUNNY

a pretty penny
danny
dust bunny
Easter bunny
granny
gym bunny
jenny
johnny
jungle bunny
Kenny
long-fin tunny
nanny
not a happy bunny
penny
seacunny
ski bunny
skinny
snow bunny
tranny
unsunny

Synonyms and antonyms of gunny in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gunny» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GUNNY

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

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gunny
570 millions of speakers

English

gunny
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चटाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الخيش
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мешковина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gunny
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গুনচট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jute
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gunny
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rupfen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

麻袋
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

삼베
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gunny
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bố dệt bằng sợi cây đay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கோணிப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बंदूक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çul
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gunny
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Sierżant
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мішковина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sac de iută
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

είδος λινάτσας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gunny
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gunny
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Gunny
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gunny

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GUNNY»

The term «gunny» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.701 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GUNNY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gunny» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gunny» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «GUNNY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gunny.
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Jerry Buss
I can remember standing in a W.P.A. line with a gunny sack, and I remember having to buy chocolate milk instead of white because it was one cent cheaper.
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Robert McCloskey
That was the - It was an exciting time because it was as though I was sort of tied up in a paper bag or in a gunny sack with a rope around the neck of it, and all of a sudden with the acceptance of that first book everything sort of spilled out!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GUNNY»

Discover the use of gunny in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gunny and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gunny's Rules: How to Get Squared Away Like a Marine
Gunny’s Rules is the ultimate guide for anyone who wants to live life like one of the toughest of the tough—like a Marine.
R. Lee Ermey, 2013
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The Gunny Sack
The novel ends with Salim alone, the last memories coming out of the gunny sack, hoping that he will be his family’s last runaway. From the Trade Paperback edition.
M.G. Vassanji, 2011
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The Gunny Wolf Story
“The Gunny Wolf Story” is a tale of caution. It is a very entertaining folktale about the problems that a little girl encounters when she does not heed her mother's advice about staying out of the woods. The Gunny Wolf lives in the woods and likes ...
Katherine Yanez-Arellano, 2009
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Fire Cavalry: Book 1
Hall could see Gunny struggling and losing energy. The weeks of being sick had taken a toll on both of them, but Gunny had felt the worst of it. Hall shouted out to Gunny, “You're crazy if you think we will be able to make a run of it Gunny.
Erick Phillips, 2013
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Production & Operations Management
Due to this, WICC has a Competitive edge in terms of cost of production and quality of Cement. However, WICC is not so fortunate in respect of some of the other materials it consumes, particularly coal and Gunny bags. WICC has to put up with ...
Upendra Kachru, 2009
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Altared Ego
He gasped for air and opened his eyes to see Gunny Morgan lying on top of him. Not a second later, Gunny Huck and the Chopper pilot were pulling Morgan off of him. Gunny Huck knew the destructive power of the Desert Eagle in Morgan's ...
H. Adrian Sexton, 2010
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Commercial relations of the United States with foreign countries
Three hundred bales gunny bags and two parcel samples One thousand bales gunny bags General merchandise Two hundred and fifty bales gunny bags and one parcel samples General merchandise . -do do ...do do Where produced.
United States. Dept. of State, United States. Bureau of Foreign Commerce, 1866
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Pleasures and pains of having a kid sister
The Pleasures and Pains of Having a Kid Sister Photographed for LIFE by CARROLL SEGHERS II KID SISTER CONTINUED He protects and ministers— and sometimes oHARING his raincoat with Gunny, Carroll wraps it around her as they ...
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Congressional serial set
GUNNY CLOTH AN.D GUNNY BAGS. The statements and recommendations of the Commissioner touching these articles are given to show their inaccuracy. The present duty on gunny cloth and gunny bags is throe cents pec pound, or near ...
United States. Government Printing Office, 1870
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Review of the last report of Commissioner Wells: a report ...
GUNNY CLOTH AND GUNNY BAGS. The statements and recommendations of the Commissioner touching these articles are given to show their inaccuracy. The present duty on gunny cloth and gunny bags is three cents per pound, or near ...
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Manufactures, Daniel Johnson Morrell, 1870

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GUNNY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gunny is used in the context of the following news items.
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Clarification from Civilian Marksmanship Program on National Pistol …
The headline read: Girard's Brian 'Gunny' Zins out to prove he's still the top shot of National Matches.” Great story. Our hat is off to Gunny Zins ... «AmmoLand Shooting Sports News, Jul 15»
2
Walt Amses: Republican follies 2.0
Like captured raccoons sharing a gunny sack, GOP primary hopefuls claw their way over each other toward the daylight of legitimate contender ... «vtdigger.org, Jul 15»
3
Man smothers infant daughter
A man allegedly smothered his four-day-old infant daughter, packed the body in a gunny bag and dumped it in a well in his agricultural field in ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
4
Deflationary trend continues! June WPI comes at -2.40% vs -2.36 …
... to 140.9 (provisional) from 140.1 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of gunny and hessian cloth and man made fibre (3% ... «Indiainfoline, Jul 15»
5
ELLINGTON: Four little kittens cause a stir
#Gunny has already been accepted into our motley pack of pets. Gunny, which is short for Gunnery Sergeant, looks like she squeezed over ... «jacksonprogress-argus, Jul 15»
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Cops foil bid to smuggle rice to Kerala, 3 held
... a car at Nanguneri Tollgate on suspicion, and during the check, the coops found the ration rice packed in gunny bags being ferried to Kerala. «Web India, Jul 15»
7
TALES FROM THE TOOLBOX: Respected in war and peace
... lieutenant attached to Company A. Folding his newspaper and packing his gunny sack, little could he imagine that his marching orders would ... «Newbritainherald, Jul 15»
8
Karmapa back in the dock — what now?
... (HP36A 0444) during a routine check at the Mehatpur border with Punjab, and recovered Rs 1 crore in gunny bags stuffed under the seats. «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
9
Carnival-like atmosphere at 'Kesrad Onji Dina'
The participants, especially the youth, enthusiastically took part in games such as 100 metre running race, race wearing gunny bags, running ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
10
All show and no play
"We have to manually remove the water using gunny bags," says Rahul Pujari (20) basketball player and student. "The government has spent ... «Bangalore Mirror, Jul 15»

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