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ginning around

To spend too much time on simple jobs.
To make a simple job complicated.
"Neville will you stop ginning around with that label printer, it will be quicker to hand write on those envelopes"
by Spoot Spinner September 7, 2006
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Gunning For Some Rank

The repeated act of requesting a higher rank in a military installation. Ending in making you look like a fag.

The word here is often added to the end to make

Gunning for some rank here.
Vyre: Dude, l1k, i n3dz likez h1ghz rankz

Superior: Nah man, your Gunning For Some rank here.
by GARlaw July 4, 2009
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gunning

It means to insult someone repeatedly (verbally-usually using things about them, yo mama jokes, etc)
Damn Joey, you was straight gunnin on his ass
by Dickiesgirl4u August 4, 2004
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Machine Gunning

Flatulence released in repeated intervals while running.
When you're late after spending too much time eating a greasy meal and in the process of running you let out small flatulence at separate intervals synchronized with your steps so that it sounds like a MACHINE GUN. MACHINE GUNNING.
by Mounstah Bites December 26, 2010
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ginning up

Definition 1) To create or arouse strong feelings in (someone); move or excite.
Synonyms: spur, stir up, drive, rouse, prompt, propel, prod, motivate, encourage; urge, impel; provoke, goad, prick, sting, incite, light a fire under, whip up, work up, foment, fan the flames of, trigger, spark off, precipitate, excite, provoke, incite, ignite.

Definition 2) To fabricate, invent or concoct (something), typically with deceitful intent.
Synonyms: falsify, fake, counterfeit, cook; invent, concoct, make up, dream up, invent, trump up, cook up.

Definition 3) To quickly create something where time, not careful attention to detail, is of the essence.
Definition 1 example: “If anybody tried to open a casino that might compete with Abramoff's tribal clients, Reed's job was to block it by ginning up Christian conservative opposition.”
Jay Bookman, “ADVISE REED NOT TO KEEP HOPE ALIVE.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; November 7, 2005

Definition 2 example: “{Chris Mooney} rejects the idea of even "teaching the controversy" over these issues in schools, arguing that the far right has invented the controversy itself by ginning up a kind of faux science alternative that has no solid basis.”
Gregory M. Lamb “SCIENCE AND POLITICS: A DANGEROUS MIX” Christian Science Monitor; September 27, 2005

Definition 3 example "I just don't think we're doing a service to Terri {Schiavo} by ginning up a bill and getting it out quickly in helter-skelter fashion.” Florida House Speaker Allan Bense, R-Panama City, March 9, 2005.
by bugss6 December 19, 2005
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Knot Gunning

The act of placing a hit of coke on your partners Balloon Knot and having them fart it into your nose.

See also "Fart Knocking", "Angel Dusting"

When snorting coke off a strippers ass just isnt enough.
Hey Mike, how did it go with that stripper last night.

Dude she's a total freak, she was Knot Gunning off me all night.
by Elroy the Great November 12, 2011
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Out Gunning

When you wreck an entire team with a CBJ on their host in Call of Duty Ghosts. You must get an ace though if you do not complete the full ace you do not fulfill "out gunning."
Penguin won us the game by out gunning the other team.
by Soviet Penguin May 28, 2014
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