Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The point of a gun.
- idiom (at gunpoint) Under or as if under the threat of being shot.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the muzzle's direction.
- noun the open discharging end of a gun.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A location in the front of the
muzzle of a gun. - noun Threat or coercion by display or aiming a
firearm or similar weapon.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the gun muzzle's direction
Etymologies
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Examples
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Having served in both professions, you are correct in pointing out that there are times when holding someone at gunpoint is appropriate.
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Having served in both professions, you are correct in pointing out that there are times when holding someone at gunpoint is appropriate.
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None of the French masters whose works were stolen at gunpoint from a Swiss museum this week makes it: Dégas is at 15, Cézanne at 25.
Archive 2008-02-01 The Nag 2008
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The scene where Wales turns the tables on two mountain men holding him at gunpoint is worth the admission price all by itself.
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How can you not see that imposing a democracy at gunpoint is an oxymoron?
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This recent incident of Fox News journalists becoming Muslim by gunpoint is just another smear on Islam.
Salaam 'alaikum (peace be unto you). JDsg 2006
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Most of us agree that grabbing someone else’s money at gunpoint is immoral.
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Most of us agree that grabbing someone else’s money at gunpoint is immoral.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Five Worst Traits About Taxes 2005
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But it's better than simply walking into the shop and taking a bike at gunpoint, which is what recently happened in Issaquah, WA:
Brazen Schemes: RTMS and Sympathy BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Then we have Romo losing it, having cat hallucinations and threatening Lee at gunpoint, which is all extremely silly.
Galacticawatch 6: Season 4, Eps 6-9 Adam Whitehead 2008
bilby commented on the word gunpoint
"Instead of being granted free passage, however, Omer was detained, questioned by a Shin Bet agent, strip searched at gunpoint, assaulted and dragged by the heels to an ambulance after he began vomiting and going in and out of consciousness."
- Washington Report Correspondent Mohammed Omer Hospitalized Following Detention by Israeli Soldiers at Allenby Bridge Crossing, wrmea.com, 2 July 2008.
September 24, 2009