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An influential person, Bertha?
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big gun
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
" Big Gun " is a song by AC/DC . It was released as a single in 1993 and can be heard on the soundtrack to the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Last Action Hero , as well as during reruns of the Savage Nation talk show as bumper music. It was later released ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context military English) A large artillery gun or one of the largest-caliber naval guns (as on a battleship). 2 (context idiomatic by extension usually pluralized English) A person, group, thing, or course of action that is powerful, influential, ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The software company has done well in areas ignored by big guns such as Microsoft and Lotus. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The big gun in the critics' arsenal this year was Wayne Levi and his four triumphs.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an important influential person; "he thinks he's a big shot"; "she's a big deal in local politics"; "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish" [syn: big shot , big wheel , big cheese , big deal , big enchilada , big fish , head honcho ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gun \Gun\ (g[u^]n), n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir., Gael., & LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E. mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.] A weapon which throws or propels ...
Usage examples of big gun.
The big gun fighter lay sprawled on his buffalo robe several feet from the fire.
It was a big gun, and he held it loosely over his crotch, aimed at my midriff, range about eight feet.
It was a big gun, but it was a big jacket with plenty of room in it, unlike Inspector Martin I didn't go in much for the Italian line.
After I checked it out, I showed it to a buddy of mine, a big gun buff, and he recognised it, too.
That big gun of yours, heavy as it is, will be swept away like a straw, I know--I saw the Johnstown flood!
Hazel, you tuck in right behind me and keep that big gun of yours at the ready.
Amarante stood there todthlessly half-grinning with his big gun held laxly, almost limply hi his hands.
The Skinks would use that big gun, the big brother of the buzz saws, to hit the Dragons.
There was no way to fire the big gun off-hand which meant the sniper was raising himself up out of the scrape.
He held the big gun too tightly, and it shook a little, enough to worry Monk and Pat -- and it would have worried Doc if he hadn't unloaded it a while ago.