A person who is competitive,overly-ambitious and substantially exceeds minimum requirements. A gunner will compromise his/her peer relationships and/or reputation among peers in order to obtain recognition and praise from his/her superiors.
That chic in the front row of our class who always raises her hand, takes on additional assignments, and wrote a 25 page answer on our final when all that was required was 10 pages is such a gunner.
by Jenna J October 26, 2003
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"I met this Space Shuttle Door Gunner at the store the other day, yeah, he said he and his buddy were in Vietnam shooting bad guys from a mile away with their M16s"
by AR-15 October 16, 2005
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The excessive and uncontrollable spurt of information out of a medical student. May or may not be related to the conversation (usually not).
Symptoms are exacerbated by the presence of a professor or other figure of authority.
Symptoms are exacerbated by the presence of a professor or other figure of authority.
Average Student1: Did you watch the game last night?
Gunner: "No, I was studyi... *professor comes in* Cell-derived mediators are normally sequestered in intracellular granules and can be rapidly secreted by granule exocytosis or are synthesized de novo in response to a stimulus."
Avg Student1: "WTF?"
Avg Student2: "Don't mind him, he's got gunnerrhea"
Gunner: "No, I was studyi... *professor comes in* Cell-derived mediators are normally sequestered in intracellular granules and can be rapidly secreted by granule exocytosis or are synthesized de novo in response to a stimulus."
Avg Student1: "WTF?"
Avg Student2: "Don't mind him, he's got gunnerrhea"
by Burned out in Med School November 26, 2010
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Get the gurners mug.An old Norwegian word for the son of the infamous warlord “Gunnr”. The word Gunnr also means war. Around 800 AD Gunnr was an extremely powerful Viking King on the west coast of Norway in the area of Sogn and fjordene. He was renowned for extreme cruelty and limitless power. At the hight of his era he controlled 100,000 strong viking army attacking Russia and Ukraine and taking over Mikligarður, now Istanbul.
by Icelandic University March 2, 2016
Get the Gunnarson mug.A field gunner is a former member of an 18 man Field Gun team. The sport of Field Gun was played by the British Royal Navy up to 1999 and commemorates the Royal Navy involvement in the seige of Ladysmith, in 1900.
The sport involves a complete 12-pounder 4.7 inch field gun and limber, total weight 2100 lb. It has to be taken to pieces, moved over two 5 ft high walls, a 28ft wide chasm, and through two narrow openings that are each just big enough for one man to crouch and scramble through.
Then it has to be reassembled and fired three times before being taken back down and carried via the same obstacles back to the start line.
The only extra equipment allowed are two spars and a wire to make a sheerlegs crane to get over the chasm.
The average time for the entire run was around two mins 30 secs.
Nowadays it has been revived as a game for kids, so is not the same thing at all.
A traditional Field Gunner is therefore a hard-assed motherfucker who never thinks about injuries and pain, and a true son of a gun who you would love to have on your side in any confrontational situation, and who will have a good laugh about it with you afterwards in the wreckage of your wannabe assailants.
The sport involves a complete 12-pounder 4.7 inch field gun and limber, total weight 2100 lb. It has to be taken to pieces, moved over two 5 ft high walls, a 28ft wide chasm, and through two narrow openings that are each just big enough for one man to crouch and scramble through.
Then it has to be reassembled and fired three times before being taken back down and carried via the same obstacles back to the start line.
The only extra equipment allowed are two spars and a wire to make a sheerlegs crane to get over the chasm.
The average time for the entire run was around two mins 30 secs.
Nowadays it has been revived as a game for kids, so is not the same thing at all.
A traditional Field Gunner is therefore a hard-assed motherfucker who never thinks about injuries and pain, and a true son of a gun who you would love to have on your side in any confrontational situation, and who will have a good laugh about it with you afterwards in the wreckage of your wannabe assailants.
I'd fuck her at the drop of a hat. But her brother is a Field Gunner so I'll ask him if I can date her first.
Cheerful Charlie: Fuck, man, you've got no fingers or thumb on your right hand! Are you a Field Gunner?
Bollocky Bill: Yeah. But I've still got a complete set left.
Cheerful Charlie: Fuck, man, you've got no fingers or thumb on your right hand! Are you a Field Gunner?
Bollocky Bill: Yeah. But I've still got a complete set left.
by man of the sea January 27, 2010
Get the Field Gunner mug.An accessory to the more commonly known "wing man," the rear gunner's job is to provide even more assistance to the lead and the wing men. The rear gunner's job is to hurl insults and other harmful comments about the physical traits or mental insecurities of anyone and everyone that tries to approach either of his buddies. The rear gunner is a necessity for serious pick up situations, a job to be entrusted to a true friend and serious shit talker.
"Yo bro isn't that Stephanie your ex girlfriend?"
"Oh shit ya, Tony will handle it, he's the rear gunner tonight."
"Oh shit ya, Tony will handle it, he's the rear gunner tonight."
by Matt and Tony August 6, 2007
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