gunlike

English

Etymology

From gun +‎ -like.

Adjective

gunlike (comparative more gunlike, superlative most gunlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a gun.
   • 2017 October 7, Lily Raff Mccaulou, “Confessions of a Sensible Gun Owner”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     A mile in, he’s usually got one in each hand but is still on the lookout for an upgrade: anything smoother or more gunlike.

   • 2019 August 6, Malia Wollan, “How to Tell Gunfire From Fireworks”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[2]:

     When sensors record a gunlike noise in, say, Cape Town or Chicago, software analyzes it for the sonic signatures of gunfire, and within seconds Beisner and his team listen to those audio files and look at those recorded waveforms at their office in Newark, Calif.