Definition of machine-gun
(Entry 1 of 3)
: characterized by rapidity and sharpness : rapid-fire
a comic's machine-gun delivery
machine-gun
verb
machine-gunned; machine-gunning; machine-guns
Definition of machine-gun (Entry 2 of 3)
: to shoot at, wound, or kill (someone or something) with a machine gun
… machine-gunned a marauding gang of terrorists outside the U.S. embassy …— Terry Eagleton A few years later someone machine-gunned to death the prosecutor who wanted to try the group for killing the soldiers.— Paul Berman
machine gun
noun
plural machine guns
Definition of machine gun (Entry 3 of 3)
: a gun for sustained rapid fire that uses bullets
broadly
: an automatic weapon
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The first known use of machine-gun was in 1867
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