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nouna small arm operated by a mechanism, able to deliver a rapid and continuous fire of bullets as long as the trigger is pressed. Origin of machine gunFirst recorded in 1865–70 Words nearby machine gunmachination, machine, machine bolt, machine code, machine finish, machine gun, machine head, machine intelligence, machine language, machine learning, machinelike Definition for machine gun (2 of 2)[ muh-sheen-guhn ] / məˈʃinˌgʌn /
verb (used with object), ma·chine-gunned, ma·chine-gun·ning.to shoot at with a machine gun. Origin of machine-gunFirst recorded in 1880–85 OTHER WORDS FROM machine-gunmachine gunner, nounDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for machine gunMothers pushed their children's heads down and they sped through town, leaving a trail of machine-gun shells in their wake. ‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST A burst of machine-gun fire blew off the wall of a nearby building—the commandos were approaching. ‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST But for once we see something new: The singer reloads the bolt of his machine-gun in time with the music. Ukraine Separatists' Pro-Putin Raps|Oleg Shynkarenko|June 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST He speaks so quickly that a clichéd comparison to a machine-gun is unavoidable. In Defense of a Good Guy With a Gun|Brian Castner|April 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Fifty percent were drug-related; 25 percent died from machine-gun fire; 15 percent were public executions. Cocaine Cowboys|Gerald Posner|October 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST At one time the Mosque was deserted by all except one machine-gun officer, who continued to work his gun single-handed. With the British Army in The Holy Land|Henry Osmond Lock Machine-gun sections arrived with empty wagons; they had lost all their guns. A German deserter's war experience|Anonymous The Germans did not seem to like them, as their discharge always drew a lot of machine-gun fire in reply. Q.6.a and Other places|Francis Buckley Our daily work was making reserve defences, trenches, deep dugouts, and machine-gun emplacements between Vermelles and Loos. Q.6.a and Other places|Francis Buckley He swung his machine-gun round on its turret mounting and, thrusting the muzzle down, rattled off a score of rounds. Air Men o' War|Boyd Cable
British Dictionary definitions for machine gun
noun- a rapid-firing automatic gun, usually mounted, from which small-arms ammunition is discharged
- (as modifier)machine-gun fire
verb machine-gun -guns, -gunning or -gunned(tr) to shoot or fire at with a machine gun Derived forms of machine gunmachine gunner, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to machine gunsubmachine gun, mitrailleuse, zip gun |