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View synonyms for machine gun

machine gun

1

noun

  1. a small arm operated by a mechanism, able to deliver a rapid and continuous fire of bullets as long as the trigger is pressed.


machine-gun

2

[ muh-sheen-guhn ]

verb (used with object)

machine-gunned, machine-gunning.
  1. to shoot at with a machine gun.

machine gun

noun

    1. a rapid-firing automatic gun, usually mounted, from which small-arms ammunition is discharged
    2. ( as modifier )

      machine-gun fire

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to shoot or fire at with a machine gun
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • machine gunner, noun
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Other Words From

  • machine gunner noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of machine gun1

First recorded in 1865–70

Origin of machine gun2

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

This area was a key opposition heartland during the Assad regime - heavy battles are etched onto schools and homes here, village after village corroded by tank rounds and machine gun fire.

From BBC

Meanwhile, dozens of militants kept up a near-constant staccato of celebratory machine gun fire, leaving a carpet of spent cartridges on the asphalt.

Others showed rebel fighters gathering in squares and firing what appeared to be celebratory machine gun salvos into the air.

He trained in San Diego — to fire a machine gun, position a gas mask, prove he could swim — and shipped out to Hawaii.

The packages held unserialized counterfeit parts used in certain pistols and parts that can convert semiautomatic rifles into fully automatic machine guns, according to the sheriff’s office.

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