"gun fu" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Blend of gun + kung fu. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|gun|kung fu}} Blend of gun + kung fu Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} gun fu (uncountable)
  1. A style of sophisticated gunplay at close quarters, originating in Hong Kong action films. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Film Derived forms: gun-fu [adjective], gun kata (english: a fictional martial arts resembling this type of gunplay)
    Sense id: en-gun_fu-en-noun-Lvhxdzvv Disambiguation of Film: 59 41 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: From Chinese 功夫 (gōngfu) through phonetic spelling. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|zh|-}} Chinese Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} gun fu (uncountable)
  1. Alternative spelling of kung fu Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Alternative form of: kung fu
    Sense id: en-gun_fu-en-noun--DZL3oGi Synonyms: gun-fu, gunfu, kun fu, kun-fu, kunfu, gung fu, gung-fu, gungfu, gong fu, gong-fu, gongfu, kong fu, kong-fu, kongfu, kung fu, kung-fu, kungfu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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