machine gun
noun
a small arm operated by a mechanism, able to deliver a rapid and continuous fire of bullets as long as the trigger is pressed.
machine guns
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pluralof machine gun.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
machine-guns
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present tense formof machine-gun (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
machine gunnouna small arm operated by a mechanism, able to deliver a rapid and continuous fire of bullets as long as the trigger is pressed.
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He spoke about long-lasting black granite floors at the White House, people born with machine guns in their hands, pallets of cash and the Space Force.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
Drones and machine guns are put on exhibition display.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Operating the remote machine guns to shoot down drones "is like a computer game - just like an Xbox or PlayStation", he says.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
A cynic might say the same logic could be used to justify the sale of machine guns to children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Second Platoon would come in simultaneously on Pratt’s right and advance over the seawall behind its light machine guns, then collect on higher ground and move inland.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
It is the same when Ronnie O’Sullivan machine-guns around a snooker table, or Roger Federer whips his wrist to slap a scudding cross-court winner.
From The Guardian ● May 2, 2017
His battalion's attack on the German trench had started well according to Stephen Erskin, curator of the Green Howard's Museum in Richmond, with more than 140 prisoners and two machine-guns captured.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2016
Kobani's defenders, outgunned by the militants, are hoping the arrival of peshmerga forces from Iraqi Kurdistan with badly-needed weapons including cannon and truck-mounted machine-guns will help them turn the tide.
From Reuters ● Oct. 31, 2014
If you have no heavy weaponry and face an enemy who has machine-guns, there are only three things you can do.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2014
They disembarked near the place where Burnet had boarded the country boat three days before; the mules were loaded with the machine-guns, ammunition, petrol and other stores, and the march across country was begun.
From Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad by Herbert Strang
