"top gun" meaning in All languages combined

See top gun on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: top guns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} top gun (plural top guns)
  1. An expert gunner or gunman. Categories (topical): People
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  2. (by extension) Someone most highly rated. Tags: broadly Synonyms: important person
    Sense id: en-top_gun-en-noun-rLs3pXDT

Inflected forms

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