Definition of Machine gun

1. Noun. A rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted).

Generic synonyms: Automatic Firearm, Automatic Gun, Automatic Weapon
Specialized synonyms: Automatic, Automatic Rifle, Machine Rifle, Browning Machine Gun, Peacemaker, Gatling Gun, Maxim Gun, Spandau, Submachine Gun
Terms within: Gunstock, Stock

2. Verb. Shoot with a machine gun.
Generic synonyms: Gun
Entails: Hit, Pip, Shoot

Definition of Machine gun

1. Noun. A type of firearm that continuously fires bullets in rapid succession by a single action of the trigger. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Machine Gun

machine-driven
machine-gun
machine-gunner
machine-gunners
machine-made
machine-oriented language
machine-readable
machine-readable dictionaries
machine-readable dictionary
machine-readable text
machine-translation
machine-wash
machine-washable
machine bolt
machine code
machine gun (current term)
machine gunner
machine guns
machine independent
machine instruction
machine instructions
machine language
machine languages
machine learning
machine of government
machine operation
machine pistol
machine pistols
machine politician
machine readable

Literary usage of Machine gun

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"'The German general staff had learned the defensive value of the machine gun as demonstrated at Port Arthur and elsewhere during the Russo-Japanese War and ..."

2. The New York Times Current History (1919)
"Division Units—30th Division Headquarters Troop ; 113th machine gun Battalion. ... Nathaniel McClure; 137th and 138th Regiments; 129th machine gun Battalion ..."

3. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1915)
"Wood, United States Army, who was there stationed with a, machine gun, hailed the vessel several times and ordered her to stop, in circumstances which made ..."

4. Heroes All!: A Compendium of the Names and Official Citations of the by Harry R. Stringer (1919)
"When his company was held up by violent machine-gun fire from a sunken road, Sergt. Foster with an officer went forward to attack the hostile machine-gun ..."

5. Heroes All!: A Compendium of the Names and Official Citations of the by Harry R. Stringer (1919)
"When his company was held up by violent machine-gun fire from a sunken road, Sergt. Foster with an officer went forward to attack the hostile machine-gun ..."

6. History of the First Division During the World War, 1917-1919 by Society of the First division, A.E.F. (1922)
"The companies of the 2d and 3d machine gun Battalions and the Regimental Machine Gun Companies were assigned to the infantry battalions in the order given ..."

7. ... The History of the 33rd Division, A.E.F., by Frederick Louis Huidekoper by Frederic Louis Huidekoper (1921)
"Because of the fact that a machine gun battalion seldom operates independently as such, but its companies are detailed to various units both within and ..."

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