gunned

noun

1. a weapon consisting of a metal tube from which a projectile is discharged by the force of an explosive; specif.,
   1. technically, a heavy weapon with a relatively long barrel fixed in a mount, as a cannon or machine gun
   2. a rifle
   3. ☆ popularly a pistol or revolver
2. any similar device not discharged by an explosive: an air gun
3. a discharge of a gun in signaling or saluting
4. anything like a gun in shape or use
5. ☆ Slang gunman (sense )
6. Slang the throttle of an engine

Origin: ME gunne, gonne, contr. < gonnilde, a 14th-c. cannon < ON Gunnhildr, fem. name (< gunnr, older form of guthr, war + hildr, battle)

intransitive verb gunned, gunning

transitive verb

1. ☆ Informal to shoot (a person) intentionally: with down
2. Slang to advance the throttle of (an engine) so as to increase the speed