gun it

verb

To accelerate or speed up quickly or suddenly.

“You're going to have to gun it to pick up that much speed in such a short distance.”

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbgun it (third-person singular simple present guns it, present participle gunning it, simple past and past participle gunned it)

present singular third person guns it · participle present gunning it · participle past gunned it · past gunned it

  1. informalTo accelerate or speed up quickly or suddenly.

    You're going to have to gun it to pick up that much speed in such a short distance.

Cite this entry
APA

gun it. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gun%20it

MLA

“gun it.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gun%20it. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gun it,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gun%20it.

Source: gun it on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.