gunpowder
noun
- explosive most commonly used as propellant in firearms
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌnˌpaʊdə/ / /ˈɡʌnˌpaʊdɚ/ / /ˈɡʊnˌpaʊdə/
noun
Etymology: Possibly due to its smell resembling gunpowder during the British Raj.
- Idli podi/milagai podi; ground-up dry spices mixed with oil and ghee and served alongside idli or dosa.
“Some restaurants try and give their dosas the "ethnic" touch by slipping along a small dish of mulaga podi-gunpowder mixed with oil as well, but that isn't always enough.”
“It was a hardcore Andhra lunch from a restaurant famous for its lunch meals. And that is where I had my first run-in with 'gunpowder'. And to be honest, I hated it.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis Proto-Germanic *gunþiz Old Norse gunnr Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂tís Proto-Germanic *hildiz Old Norse hildr Old Norse Gunnhildrder. Middle English gunne English gun English powder English gunpowder From gun + powder.
- To destroy with gunpowder.
“[…] he was […] never getting into quarrels with his neighbors and gunpowdering them out of house and home. His subjects loved him.”