machine gun
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noun
a small arm operated by a mechanism, able to deliver a rapid and continuous fire of bullets as long as the trigger is pressed.
Origin:
1865–70
1865–70
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| machine gun | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a rapid-firing automatic gun, usually mounted, from which small-arms ammunition is discharged |
| b. (as modifier): machine-gun fire | |
| —vb , -guns, -gunning, -gunned | |
| 2. | (tr) to shoot or fire at with a machine gun |
| machine gunner | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
In fact, it's a rabid big gorilla with a machine gun.
Some are armed with only a machine gun, while others also carry anti-ship missiles.
He jumped from the plane with a machine gun in his hands and a tuxedo in his backpack.
Without warning, the scout team came under heavy machine gun fire.
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