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machine gun

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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

ma⋅chine-gun

  [muh-sheen-guhn]
–verb (used with object), -gunned, -gun⋅ning.
to shoot at with a machine gun.
Origin:
1880–85

Related forms:
machine gunner, noun
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machine gun  
n.  A gun that fires rapidly and repeatedly.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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