machine-gun








verb (used with object), ma·chine-gunned, ma·chine-gun·ning.

  1. to shoot at with a machine gun.

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.

noun

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

verb machine-gun -guns, -gunning or -gunned

  1. (tr) to shoot or fire at with a machine gun

n.1870, from machine (n.) + gun (n.). As a verb from 1915. Related: Machine-gunned; machine-gunning.

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