machine gun

Found in thesaurus: small-arm, piece, firearm, gun

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machine gun
n. gun that fires automatically
 
machine-gun
v. fire or shoot with a machine gun; kill or wound someone with a machine gun

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Machine gun
A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, designed to fire bullets in quick succession from an ammunition belt or magazine, typically at a rate of 300 to 1800 rounds per minute. Fully automatic weapons are generally categorized as submachine gunsassault riflesbattle riflesautomatic shotguns, machine guns, or autocannons.

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machine gun

Noun
1. a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted)
(hypernym) firearm, piece, small-arm
(hyponym) automatic rifle, automatic, machine rifle
(part-meronym) stock, gunstock

Verb
1. shoot with a machine gun
(hypernym) gun
(entail) shoot, hit, pip


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machine-gun
n. kulomet

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machine gun
Rzecz. karabin maszynowy