machine gun
Noun
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A rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted) (synset 103706725)
is a type of: automatic firearm, automatic gun, automatic weapon - a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is releasedsubtypes:
- automatic, automatic rifle, machine rifle - light machine gun
- browning machine gun, peacemaker - a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War
- gatling gun - an early form of machine gun having several barrels that fire in sequence as they are rotated
- maxim gun - an obsolete water-cooled machine gun having a single barrel
- spandau - a German machine gun
- submachine gun - machine gun that is a portable automatic firearm
Verb
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Shoot with a machine gun (synset 201139261)
is a type of: gun - shoot with a gun
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