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machine gun
1noun
- 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)
- to shoot at with a machine gun.
machine gun
noun
- a rapid-firing automatic gun, usually mounted, from which small-arms ammunition is discharged
- ( as modifier )
machine-gun fire
verb
- tr to shoot or fire at with a machine gun
Derived Forms
- machine gunner, noun
Other Words From
- machine gunner noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of machine gun1
Origin of machine gun2
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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