(military) A large artillery gun or one of the largest-caliber naval guns (as on a battleship).

(informal) A new or rising talent or star; rising star.

nitrocellulose.

Diminutive of Thompson submachine gun

To order a gun to be fired; sometimes construed with dative (or to), implying that it is done as an honor, as a help (occasionally as a hostile demonstration).

(idiomatic) To cause a specific vehicle to accelerate; to open the throttle of an engine.

A breed of dog used by hunters to find, flush out and retrieve birds and other game.

(euphemistic) son of a bitch / Used encouragingly or to compliment

(euphemistic) Used to express anger, contempt, disgust, astonishment, disappointment, etc.

A family of British 9 mm submachine guns used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and numerous other conflicts.