gun·nel 1 
(gŭnəl)
(gŭnəl)n.
Any of various small, elongated fishes of the family Pholidae, common in the tidal pools and coastal waters of northern seas.
[Origin unknown.]
- take (someone's) word for it
- take someone's word for it
- take (someone) to the woodshed
- take someone to the woodshed
- take stock
- take stock in
- take ten
- take the bench
- take the bit in one's teeth
- take the body
- take the bull by the horns
- take the cake
- take the count
- take the fall
- take the fall/hit
- take the field
- take the floor
- take the heat
- take the hit
- take the law into (one's) own hands
- take the law into one's own hands
- take the law into own hands
- take the liberty
- take the mickey out of
- take the occasion