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means The point of a gun — specifically the position of being directly threatened by one, as in 'at gunpoint,' where compliance is extracted through the imminent threat of being shot.

from A straightforward compound of 'gun' and 'point' — the latter sense drawn from the 'point' of a weapon, the business end aimed at you. It joined older phrases like 'at swordpoint' or 'at knifepoint,' which share the same grim grammar: weapon plus 'point' plus 'at,' marking the spot where a threat becomes personal. As firearms became the era's weapon of choice, 'gunpoint' settled into English as the go-to term for coercion backed by a loaded barrel rather than a blade.