different between guns vs equipment

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /??nz/

Noun

guns

1. plural of gun

Noun

guns pl (plural only)

1. (bodybuilding, slang) Well-developed muscles of the upper arm, especially the biceps and triceps.
   • 2005, Joe Kita (ed.), Men's Health Best: Arms, page 6

     And there's still no better way to throw down the fitness gauntlet than to roll up your sleeves and unveil some powerful guns.

   • 2010, Mark Alvisi (quote from a reader), "Mark of a Champion", Muscular Development 47(1): 350

     I read in another magazine about a workout that can put a whole inch on your arms in just one day! Obviously that sounds awesome, because my guns are only 15 inches.

Synonyms

• (muscles of the upper arm): biceps, pythons

See also

• wheels

Verb

guns

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gun

Anagrams

• Ngus, Sung, Ungs, gnus, nugs, snug, sung

Latvian

Noun

guns f (6th declension)

1. (poetic) flame
2. (poetic) fire

Declension

Related terms

• liesma
• uguns

English

Etymology

From equip +? -ment, or from French équipement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??kw?pm?nt/

Noun

equipment (usually uncountable, plural equipments)

1. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
   • (Can we date this quote?) David Hume:

     The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt.

2. Whatever is used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.
   • 1851, Henry Longfellow, The Golden Legend

     Armed and dight, In the equipments of a knight.

Derived terms

Related terms

• equip

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