machine gun noun
plural ∼ guns [count] : a gun that is able to shoot many bullets very quickly one after the other
▪ They heard the sound of machine-gun fire. — see picture at gun
▪ They heard the sound of machine-gun fire. — see picture at gun
— machine–gun verb, machine–guns; machine–gunned; machine–gun·ning [+ obj]
▪ The soldiers were machine-gunned from the air.
▪ The soldiers were machine-gunned from the air.
— machine gunner noun, plural ∼ -ners [count]
