ma|chine-gun

ma|chine-gun
a gun that can keep up a rapid fire of bullets. A machine gun fires small-arms ammunition automatically.
ma|chine-gun «muh SHEEN GUHN», verb, -gunned, -gun|ning, adjective.
–v.t.
to fire at with a machine gun; kill or wound with a machine gun.
–adj.
1. of or having to do with a machine gun: »

machine-gun fire.

2. Figurative. rapid and staccato, like the action of a machine gun: »

Speaking in either language at a machine-gun pace... (New York Times).


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