Gun (disambiguation) explained

A gun is an object that propels a projectile through a hollow tube, primarily as weaponry.

Gun(s) may also refer to:

Implements

• Cannon
• Artillery
• Deluge gun
• Water gun
• Light gun, a pistol-shaped gaming controller
• Gun (staff), a weapon used in Chinese martial arts

Places

• Gun, a former administrative District of Japan
• Gun, a Korean county
• Gunnersbury station, London, England, National Rail station code
• Kőszeg or Güns, a town in Hungary

People

• Gun (Korean name), a masculine given name in Korean
• Gun (Swedish name), a feminine given name in Swedish
• Gün, a Turkish name
• Katharine Gun (born 1974), a former GCHQ employee and whistleblower
• Lance Gun (1903–1958), Australian cricketer
• Tracii Guns (born 1966), American guitarist
• Alice Gun, English musician
• Gun (Chinese mythology) (鯀), mythological man and appointed flood control engineer, the father of Yu the Great, or, in other accounts, a legendary giant fish
• Gun, an alternative name in the United Kingdom for a shooter, particularly in the hunting of game birds

Groups, companies, organizations

• Gun Media, an American video game developer based in Lexington, Kentucky
• Gun (St. Paul's Churchyard), a historical bookseller in London

Art, entertainment, and media

Films

• Gun (2010 film), an American film
• Gun (2011 film), an Indian film
• Guns (film), a 1990 American film
• The Gun (1974 film), a television film directed by John Badham

Gaming

• Gun (cellular automaton), a pattern in Conway's Game of Life
• Gun (video game), a video game set in the 1880s in the American West
• Guardian Units of Nations (G.U.N), an organization in the Sonic The Hedgehog series of video games

Literature

• "Guns" (essay), a non-fiction essay by Stephen King
• The Gun (Chivers book), a 2010 non-fiction book by C. J. Chivers
• The Gun (novel), a 1933 novel by C. S. Forester
• "The Gun" (short story), a short story by Philip K. Dick

Music

Groups and labels

• Gun (band), a Scottish hard rock band 1987–1997, 2008 onwards
• GUN Records, a record label
• Gun (1960s band), an English hard rock band, late 1960s
• Gun (rapper), a South Korean rapper

Albums and EPs

• Guns (EP), a 1992 EP by Negativland
• Guns (Cardiacs album), 1999
• Guns (Quelle Chris album), 2019

Songs

• "Gun" (song), a 2013 song by Chvrches
• "Gun", a 1993 single by Gigolo Aunts from the album Flippin' Out
• "Gun", a 2012 single by Serebro from the album Mama Lover
• "Gun," a song from the Soundgarden album Louder Than Love
• "Gun," a song by Doja Cat from the album Scarlet, 2023
• "Gun", a song by John Cale from the album Fear
• "Gun", a song by War from the album The Black-Man's Burdon
• "Gun.", a song by My Chemical Romance from the album Number Two, part of the compilation album Conventional Weapons
• "Guns", a song by Quelle Chris from the eponymous album Guns
• “Guns”, a song by Coldplay from the album Everyday Life
• "The Gun", a song by Lou Reed from his album The Blue Mask
• "Gun Song", by the Lumineers from the 2016 album Cleopatra

Television

Episodes

• "The Gun", Dragnet season 1, episode 15 (1967)
• "The Gun", Dynasty season 2, episode 18 (1982)
• "The Gun", Family Matters season 6, episode 15 (1995)
• "The Gun", Gimme a Break! season 5, episode 17 (1986)
• "The Gun", Gunsmoke season 16, episode 9 (1970)
• "The Gun", Joe's World episode 9 (1980)
• "The Gun", Katts and Dog season 2, episode 6 (1989)
• "The Gun", Lassie season 1, episode 4 (1954)
• "The Gun", M*A*S*H season 4, episode 14 (1975)
• "The Gun", Marion and Geoff series 1, episode 2 (2000)
• "The Gun", Tales of Wells Fargo season 2, episode 32 (1958)
• "The Gun", Terrahawks series 1, episode 7 (1983)
• "The Gun", The Outer Limits season 6, episode 2 (2000)
• "The Gun", The Professionals series 4, episode 10 (1980)

Shows

• Gun (TV series), a short-lived anthology series produced by Robert Altman
• Guns (miniseries), a Canadian television miniseries that aired on CBC Television in 2008

Topics

• "The Gun", an alternate title for the unproduced Seinfeld episode "The Bet"

Languages

• Gun language, a Gbe language spoken in Benin and Nigeria
• Mbyá Guaraní language (ISO-639 language code gun)

Other uses

• Guns, slang in sports & bodybuilding, for human biceps muscles
• Clathrate gun hypothesis, a hypothesised geological event where rises in sea temperatures (and/or falls in sea level) can trigger the sudden release of methane from methane clathrate
• Gunslayer Legend, a multimedia franchise including manga, a video game, and animated series

See also

• • Gunn (disambiguation)
• Gunner (disambiguation)
• Gunning (disambiguation)
• Güns (disambiguation)
• Gunz (disambiguation) or Günz
• Pistol (disambiguation)
• Kun (disambiguation)