Synonyms for machine-gun

Grammar : Noun

Spell : muh-sheen-guhn

Phonetic Transcription : məˈʃinˌgʌn

Définition of machine-gun

Origin : 1870, from machine (n.) + gun (n.). As a verb from 1915. Related: Machine-gunned; machine-gunning.

As in machine gun : noun fast-action gun

Example sentences :

Machine-gun fire in the wood we had left was hotter than ever.
Extract from : « Pushed and the Return Push » by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)

Earl and Leon held the machine-gun ready for instant action.
Extract from : « Fighting in France » by Ross Kay

A machine-gun was mounted on board and several bombs were also to be carried.
Extract from : « Fighting in France » by Ross Kay

To-day you couldn't get me out of Kentucky with a machine-gun!
Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice

He listened to shells whistle by and the whipcrack of machine-gun bullets.
Extract from : « The Green Beret » by Thomas Edward Purdom

As he fell, the machine-gun bullets hit him in the chest, then in the neck.
Extract from : « The Green Beret » by Thomas Edward Purdom

An old padre, with two machine-gun bullets in his hip, is on the other side.
Extract from : « High Adventure » by James Norman Hall

"You mean the machine-gun, of course," said Dennis, nodding.
Extract from : « With Haig on the Somme » by D. H. Parry

A glance had shown him that there was a machine-gun in the trench, and his course was clear now.
Extract from : « With Haig on the Somme » by D. H. Parry

To tackle them with her uncertain motor was like charging a machine-gun nest.
Extract from : « Free Air » by Sinclair Lewis

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