Annoyed by gesture of respect, one may get fired (8)
I believe the answer is:
crossbow
'respect one may get fired' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'annoyed by gesture' is the wordplay.
'annoyed' becomes 'cross' (cross can mean angry).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'gesture' becomes 'bow' (bow is a kind of gesture).
'cross'+'bow'='CROSSBOW'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for crossbow that I've seen before include "Ancient weapon, shot bolts" , "One responsible for shooting bolts" , "William Tell's weapon" , "Weapon for shooting bolts" , "Weapon (used to set off a quarrel?)" .)