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Noun: machine gun  mu'sheen gún
  1. A rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted)
    "The soldiers manned the machine gun nest to defend their position"
Verb: machine-gun (machine-gunned,machine-gunning)  mu'sheen,gún
  1. Shoot with a machine gun
    "The soldiers machine-gunned the enemy position"

Derived forms: machine-gunned, machine-gunning, machine-guns, machine guns

Type of: automatic firearm, automatic gun, automatic weapon, gun

Encyclopedia: Machine gun

Machine-gun