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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)

, ma·chine-gunned, ma·chine-gun·ning.
  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

They were the machine gun bullets coming from the ambush when my company got hit.

Mothers pushed their children's heads down and they sped through town, leaving a trail of machine-gun shells in their wake.

A burst of machine-gun fire blew off the wall of a nearby building—the commandos were approaching.

There is something about a firefight at night, something about the mechanical elegance of an M-60 machine gun.

Incoming and outgoing machine-gun fire covered homes and apartments near positions taken by Israeli soldiers.

Yesterday I came under the fire of a machine gun in the course of my afternoon rounds.

Nagpungasì ang mga bala sa masinggan, The machine gun bullets are coming in rapid succession.

Behind that cloud of gas the German troops advanced, protected by a heavy barrage and intense machine-gun fire.

The German columns, mown down by shrapnel and machine-gun fire, were unable to reach the British trenches.

We sprang up once more and dodged and doubled as we leaped through the rain of bullets, machine gun and rifle.

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