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gunpoint
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gunpoint has 1 sense
- gunpoint(n = noun.artifact) point - the gun muzzle's direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun" is a kind of gun muzzle, muzzle
CIDE DICTIONARY
gunpoint, n.
- the muzzle's direction; as, he held me up at gunpoint. [WordNet 1.5]
- the open discharging end of a gun. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gunpoint, n. the point of a gun.
Idiom
at gunpoint threatened with a gun or an ultimatum etc.
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