machine gun

A gun that fires rapidly and continuously as long as the trigger is held back.

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machine gun

1. (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, -guns, -gunning or -gunned

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

machine gunner n

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machine′ gun`

a firearm capable of shooting a continuous stream of bullets.

[1865–70]

ma•chine′-gun`, v.t. -gunned, -gun•ning.

ma•chine′-gun`ner, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

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