adj
Meaning 1
Resembling or characteristic of a gun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
gunny
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɡʌni/
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rhymes with -ʌni
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CMU ARPABET: G AH1 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Full of guns or gunplay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 3
A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 4
Clipping of gunny sack
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, usually
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noun
Meaning 5
A gunnery sergeant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal
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noun
Meaning 6
coarse jute fabric
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burlap
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sacking, bagging
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gwhen- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gwhéntis Proto-Germanic *gunþiz Old Norse gunnr Proto-Indo-European *kelh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *kelh2tís Proto-Germanic *hildiz Old Norse hildr Old Norse Gunnhildrder. Middle English gunne English gun Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gunny From gun + -y.
From Hindi and Marathi गनी (ganī) or गोन (gon), from Sanskrit गोणी (goṇī), ultimately of Dravidian origin. Doublet of gunia.
A shortening of gunnery sergeant
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: зебло (zeblo) — fabric
- Bulgarian: кеневир (kenevir) — fabric
- French: gony — fabric
- Malagasy: gony — fabric
- Persian: گونی (guni) — fabric
- Punjabi: ਤੱਪੜ (tappaṛ) — fabric