| a small arm operated by a mechanism, able to deliver a rapid and continuous fire of bullets as long as the trigger is pressed. |
[muh-sheen-guhn] 
| to shoot at with a machine gun. |
| ma·chine-gun (mə-shēn'gŭn') tr.v. ma·chine-gunned, ma·chine-gun·ning, ma·chine-guns To fire at or kill with a machine gun. adj. Fast and staccato: a machine-gun style of speaking. machine gunner n. |