Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913 gunpoint /(gŭn"point`)/ · gun·point · IPA /ˈɡʌnpɔɪnt/ 01 n. The muzzle's direction; as, he held me up at gunpoint. 1. The muzzle's direction; as, he held me up at gunpoint. 2. The open discharging end of a gun. Syn. point. — Syn. -- gun muzzle, muzzle.