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Definition: Gunfight |
GunfightNoun1. A fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: GunfightSynonyms: gunplay (n), shootout (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Gunfight |
| English words defined with "gunfight": outdraw. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Just like a Wop to bring a knife to a gunfight. (The Untouchables; writing credit: Oscar Fraley; Eliot Ness) Oh, gunfight, explosions, sharks, you know, the usual. (Lethal Weapon 4; writing credit: Shane Black; Jonathan Lemkin) Nobody wins in a gunfight. (The Last of the Fast Guns; writing credit: David P. Harmon) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Gunfight (1971) Gunfight in Abilene (1967) | |
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Human Rights | India | Authorities claim that he was a foreign militant and that security forces killed him during a gunfight. (references) |
Indonesia | Observers said that the gunfight occurred over "turf battles" for protection of gambling dens and drug trade. (references) | |
Nepal | On January 19, Customs Inspector Sridhar Bhattarai was killed in a gunfight with Maoists in Jambu, Sindhupalchok. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Gunfight" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "Gunfight" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 85.71% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 7.14% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 7.14% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gunfight at ok corral | 56 |
a gunfight | 18 |
corral gunfight o.k | 15 |
gunfight stop | 7 |
coral gunfight ok | 3 |
game gunfight matchstick | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "gunfight"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | جنگ باتفنگ یاتپانچه . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fusillade (gun fire, gunshot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schießerei (gun battle, shoot out, shooting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sparatoria (shooting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 'ち合い , ガロア理論 (attitude that one must keep going no matter what, darkly tanned face, gallon, Galois theory, gamma, gauntlet, Ghandi, gumbo, gun, gun belt, gun mania, gun shop, Gundam plastic models, gunfighter, gunman, gunner, intense, pounding of headache, sound of large bell, sound of scolding voice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | うちあい (exchange of blows, long rally), ガンファイト . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | unfightgay balacera. (various references) eldstrid. (various references) การยิงต่อสู้กัน. (various references) topçu savaşı (gun battle, gunplay). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gunfight": gunfighter, gunfighters, gunfighting, gunfights. (additional references) | |
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"Gunfight" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: funfight, goniff. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "gunfight" (pronounced gu"nfī't) |
| 3 | -f ī' t | bullfight, dogfight, firefight, gametophyte, graphite, neophyte, sporophyte, sulfite. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-g-g-h-i-n-t-u" | |
-3 letters: fight, fungi, night, thing, unfit. | |
-4 letters: gift, hint, hung, hunt, nigh, thin, thug, ting, tung, unit. | |
-5 letters: fig, fin, fit, fug, fun, ghi, gig, gin, git, gnu, gun, gut, hin, hit, hug, hun, hut, nit, nth, nut, tin, tug, tui, tun, ugh. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-g-g-h-i-n-t-u" | |
+1 letter: gunfights. | |
+2 letters: fraughting, gunfighter. | |
+3 letters: gunfighters, gunfighting, outfighting. | |
+4 letters: bullfighting. | |
+5 letters: bullfightings. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 75 6E 66 69 67 68 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. ..- -. ..-. .. --. .... - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01110101 01101110 01100110 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G u n f i g h t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0075 006E 0066 0069 0067 0068 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4187807275737486 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemán, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italien, italienisch, italiano, italiensk, italienska, italienare, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | Japonais, japaner, japanisch, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonés, japansk, คนญี่ปุ่น, าษาญี่ปุ่น, เกี่ยวกับญี่ปุ่น, Japonca |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | Japonais, japaner, japanisch, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonés, japansk, คนญี่ปุ่น, าษาญี่ปุ่น, เกี่ยวกับญี่ปุ่น, Japonca |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | espagnol, spanisch, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suédois, schwedisch, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, tailandese, たい", tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turque, türkisch, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, inglese, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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