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machine gun

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machine gun
n.
A gun that fires rapidly and repeatedly.

machine gun
Noun
a rapid-firing automatic gun, using small-arms ammunition
Verb
machine-gun, [-gunning, -gunned]
to shoot or fire at with a machine gun
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.machine gunmachine 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
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
Verb1.machine gunmachine gun - shoot with a machine gun            
gun - shoot with a gun
Translations

machine gun nametralladora
machine gun machine nmitrailleuse f
machine gun machine nMaschinengewehr nt
machine gun nmitragliatrice f

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He could see officers and men moving about in them and almost in front of him a well-hidden machine gun was traversing No Man's Land in an oblique direction, striking the British at such an angle as to make it difficult for them to locate it.
They may use any weapons they please, from revolvers and rifles to machine guns and pompoms.
 
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