EGAVE

gunner

About 1.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An artillery soldier, especially one who holds private rank.
  2. noun A person who operates a gun. A riveter; someone who operates a rivet gun. Riveting team working on an aircraft cockpit shell. The gunner on the left operates an air-powered rivet gun, while the bucker on the right holds a bucking bar.
  3. noun A riveter; someone who operates a rivet gun. Riveting team working on an aircraft cockpit shell. The gunner on the left operates an air-powered rivet gun, while the bucker on the right holds a bucking bar.
  4. noun An excessive go-getter; one exhibiting over-ambition.
  5. noun A player on the kicking team whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner.
  6. noun A fan of the Arsenal Football Club.
  7. noun The great northern diver or loon.
  8. noun The sea bream, especially Pagellus bogaraveo (blackspot sea bream)

Similar words

artilleryman cannoneer machine gunner gunfighter sniper marksman sharpshooter rifleman shooter machine-gun

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Word family

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