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ma⋅chine-gun

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

Origin:
1880–85


machine gunner, noun
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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.
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