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English Idioms :: gung-ho
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gungy.html - {adj.}, {colloquial} Enthusiastic, full of eagerness in an uncritical or unsophisticated manner. * /Suzie is all gung-ho on equal rights for women, but fails to see the consequences./ |
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Traditional English :: gung-ho
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gungy.html - adj.
enthusiastic, eager. [Chin. gonghe work together, slogan adopted by US Marines in 1942] |
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Traditional English :: gunge
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gungy.html - n. & v. Brit. colloq. --n. sticky or viscous matter, esp. when messy or indeterminate. --v.tr. (usu. foll. by up) clog or obstruct with gunge. gungy adj. [20th c.: orig. uncert.: cf. GOO, GUNK] |
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English Idioms :: gun
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gungy.html - See: BIG CHEESE or BIG GUN, GIVE IT THE GUN or GIVE HER THE GUN, GREAT GODFREY or GREAT GUNS, JUMP THE GUN, SON OF A GUN, STICK TO ONE'S GUNS or STAND BY ONE'S GUNS, TILL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED or UNTIL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED. |
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English Idioms :: gun for
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gungy.html - {v.}, {informal} 1. To hunt for with a gun; look hard for a chance to harm or defeat. * /The cowboy is gunning for the man who stole his horse./ * /Bob is gunning for me because I got a higher mark than he did./ 2. To try very hard to get. * /The man is gunning for first prize in the golf tournament./ |
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English Idioms :: gung-ho
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gungy.html - {adj.}, {colloquial} Enthusiastic, full of eagerness in an uncritical or unsophisticated manner. * /Suzie is all gung-ho on equal rights for women, but fails to see the consequences./ |
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