gun show

noun

An event where a promoter rents a venue to bring together gun dealers and potential purchasers: a trade show for firearms.

“two tickets to the gun show”

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Meanings

noungun show (plural gun shows)

plural gun shows

  1. USAn event where a promoter rents a venue to bring together gun dealers and potential purchasers: a trade show for firearms.
  2. humorousA display of one's bulgingly muscular biceps (upper arms).

    two tickets to the gun show

Origin

The biceps sense is an extension of the metaphor whereby biceps are jokingly called guns.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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