machine gun (redirected from Machine guns)

machine gun

n.

A gun that fires rapidly and repeatedly.

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machine gun

n

(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery)

a.  a rapid-firing automatic gun, usually mounted, from which small-arms ammunition is discharged

b.  (as modifier) machine-gun fire

vb machine-gun -guns, -gunning, -gunned

(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (tr) to shoot or fire at with a machine gun

machine gunner  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	machine gun - a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted) automatic firearm, automatic gun, automatic weapon - a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released automatic, automatic rifle, machine rifle - light machine gun Browning machine gun, Peacemaker - a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War Gatling gun - an early form of machine gun having several barrels that fire in sequence as they are rotated Maxim gun - an obsolete water-cooled machine gun having a single barrel Spandau - a German machine gun gunstock, stock - the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun; "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock" submachine gun - machine gun that is a portable automatic firearm
Verb	1.	machine gun - shoot with a machine gun             gun - shoot with a gun

Translations

machine gun n → mitragliatrice f

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machine gun n → mitragliatrice f

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