"gunpoint" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡʌnpɔɪnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gunpoint.wav
Etymology: From gun + point. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|gun|point}} gun + point Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} gunpoint (uncountable)
  1. A location in the front of the muzzle of a gun. Tags: uncountable Translations (a location in the front of the muzzle of a gun): Laufmündung [feminine] (German), 銃口 (jūkō) (alt: じゅうこう) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-gunpoint-en-noun-itimSHTs Disambiguation of 'a location in the front of the muzzle of a gun': 99 1
  2. Threat or coercion by display or aiming a firearm or similar weapon. Tags: uncountable Translations (threat or coercion by display or aiming a firearm or similar weapon): Androhung von Schusswaffengewalt [feminine] (German), vorgehaltene Waffe [feminine] (German), vapenhot [neuter] (Swedish), pistolhot [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gunpoint-en-noun-4vPvOQr1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of 'threat or coercion by display or aiming a firearm or similar weapon': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: at gunpoint Related terms: knifepoint, point blank
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