machine gun

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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

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

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.

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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

رَشَّاشٌ

kulomet

maskingevær

konekivääri

strojnica

mitragliatrice mitragliare

マシンガン

기관총

kulspruta

ปืนกล

makineli tüfek

súng máy

机关枪

machine gun

n → mitragliatrice f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

machine gun

→ رَشَّاشٌ kulomet maskingevær Maschinengewehr πολυβόλο ametralladora konekivääri mitrailleuse strojnica mitragliatrice マシンガン 기관총 machinegeweer maskingevær karabin maszynowy metralhadora пулемет kulspruta ปืนกล makineli tüfek súng máy 机关枪

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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.

It did not take them long to locate the position of the hidden sniper and then Tarzan saw a machine gun being trained upon him.

There were hidden machine guns, too, that bothered the colonel considerably.

"It is held by blacks; but the machine guns out in front are manned by whites.

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In the bow Professor Maxon had mounted a modern machine gun, but this was quite beyond Sing's simple gunnery.

At the thought of the machine gun a sudden resolve gripped her.

Klick!" But before he had finished his exhortation Virginia was racing toward the bow where the machine gun was mounted.

A score of muskets belched forth their missiles at the fearless girl behind the scant shield of the machine gun. Leaden pellets rained heavily upon her protection, or whizzed threateningly about her head--and then she got the gun into action.

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They may use any weapons they please, from revolvers and rifles to machine guns and pompoms.

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"A hell of a chance you'd have against regular troops and machine guns," Billy retorted.

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At the company level the Browning M1919A4 medium machine gun was fired from a tripod and thus was bulky, hard to maneuver and the lack of a quick-change barrel limited sustained fire.

THE M60 GENERAL-PURPOSE MACHINE GUN IN VIETNAM: THE "PIG" AND THE "PIG HUMPER"

The assault machine gun, which was introduced in September 2018, during the third international defense exhibition ADEX-2018 in Azerbaijan, was developed by local experts and was successfully tested, the defense ministry told Trend.