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At first, gunships were naval vessels sporting guns, very simple. In more recent history, the term gunship has been aplied to aircraft. The role of a modern gunship is to get as much ordinance on the target as possible and blow the shit out of the enemy. Gunships come in the form of both fixed wing aircraft and helicopters. Gunships are usually based on a designasted gunship frame (the AH-64 Apache)or off cargo style craft that have been modified for the purpose (AC-47 Spooky).
The US military uses the gunship for close air support and shock and awe missions. The gunship is usually in support of other units. They circle or patrol a certain area and unleash hell as needed.
gunship by northendwhitetrash June 23, 2007
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usually refers to an attack helicopter but may also refer to any other combat aircraft, used in a military meaning only
"Yesterday morning, a US gunship hit a group of Iraqi militants and additionally killed four uninvolved civilians."

"Dave has told me that his father has been in the US Army for ten years serving as a gunship pilot."

"I really can't believe Anthony has been sitting in his Abrams the whole time trying to hit that gunship with the tank's main cannon that day in Battlefield 2."
gunship by BulligerVerstand December 12, 2008
If you see something cool, it should be referred to as a real gunship, or a muthafuckin gunship, or nice gunship etc.

Originally from Persist via 12stone
I once peed on 10 cars in one go.

wow dude, that's totally gunship.
gunship by stinky April 22, 2004

Gunship Sequel WW2 

A WW2 based "flight simulator" that is "free to play" and with a diverse amount of amer- i mean, aircraft from different nations. I don't know why there is tanks in the game, even though it is a plane game but honestly, who plays tanks...
Have you heard about the new Gunship Sequel WW2 update? They finally added the B29 and a Hiroshima map just for it!
Gunship Sequel WW2 by Tsunami24 April 19, 2021

Helicopter Gunship Parent 

A helicopter parent who, to promote their child, will proactively neutralize a person perceived to hinder their own child's advancement.

The effective target of a helicopter gunship parent is a child with more talent and better performance than their own, in a activity with limited opportunities or resources. By a range of overt and covert aggressive methods, the helicopter gunship parent will remove the other child's competition, or the third party who has control over allocation of opportunities and resources, from the activity.

Characteristic outcomes of helicopter gunship parent activity are unwarranted advancement of their own child, other more talented children and their parents/teachers/organisers declining to participate or contribute to the activity, and degraded performance of the activity due to loss of talent. The benefitting child may also suffer reputational damage due to their helicopter gunship parent's activity, even if the child is unaware of the activity or an unwilling beneficiary in the activity.

Common situations of helicopter gunship parent action are sport team selection and role allocation, school drama involvement, academic or sport prizes and scholarships, and school leadership roles.
How can Adam's kids be in such high-level teams but be so doggedly mediocre and continually hold back the team performance? He is a helicopter gunship parent; over the years, he made all the better players walk away from the sport.

Tony's second-rate son got that top academic prize only because Tony is a helicopter gunship parent. I don't know how he did it but he got the award panel to quit then he got himself and his friends on it. The prize and the school is a bad joke.

Gunshine State 

The State of Florida. A play on words on "Sunshine State" Called this because it's shaped kinda like a gun. Also because there have been more concealed weapons permits issued in Florida than any other state in the Union. 1 in every 49 Floridians has a concealed carry permit.
Criminal 1: Hey lets go mug that old granny over there.
Criminal 2: Hell no this is the Gunshine State she'll blow us away!
Gunshine State by jackbauer24 December 9, 2006

Gunshine State 

the gunshine state is the state of Florida. Florida is known as the Sunshine State but since Florida is shaped like a gun it has been called th Gunshine State.
the mixtape "The Gunshine State" featuring all florida Artists
Gunshine State by Khiry July 21, 2006
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Endwarfins aren't just a Snow White thing — I get the same hit off the Lollipop Guild in Oz.
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