"gun kata" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Compound of gun + kata (“martial art movements”), from Japanese 型 (kata, “style, pattern”). Attested from, and possibly coined around 2003 for the film Equilibrium (see quotation below). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|gun|kata|gloss2=martial art movements}} gun + kata (“martial art movements”), {{der|en|ja|型|gloss=style, pattern|tr=kata}} Japanese 型 (kata, “style, pattern”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} gun kata (uncountable)
  1. Synonym of gun fu (a style of balletic gunplay in action films) Tags: uncountable Synonyms: gun fu [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-gun_kata-en-noun-Cm9UGaNS
  2. A fictional martial art based on gun fu. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-gun_kata-en-noun-Ny2fNxn1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gun-kata [adjective]

Alternative forms

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