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machine gun

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /məˈʃiːn ɡʌn/Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#MACHINEGUN
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#MACHINEGUN

Noun

machine gun (plural machine guns)Category:English lemmas#MACHINEGUN Category:English nouns#MACHINEGUN Category:English countable nouns#MACHINEGUN Category:English multiword terms#MACHINEGUN Category:English entries with incorrect language header#MACHINEGUN Category:Pages with entries#MACHINE%20GUN Category:Pages with 1 entry#MACHINE%20GUN

A type of fully automatic firearm that fires bullets in rapid succession by a single action of the trigger and is capable of sustained fire.
Alternative form: MG (initialism)

Hypernyms: firearm < gunCategory:English links with manual fragments#MACHINE%20GUN < weaponCategory:English links with manual fragments#MACHINE%20GUN

Hyponyms: HMG, heavy machine gun, MMG, medium machine gun, GPMG, general-purpose machine gunCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#MACHINE%20GUN Category:English links with redundant alt parameters#MACHINE%20GUN, LMG, light machine gun, SMG, submachine gun
- 1974, “I'm Gonna Get You”, performed by Eleanore Mills:
  I'm gonna get you, baby / Like a machine gun, I'm gonna… Tak-Tak-Tak-Tak-Tak
  Category:English terms with quotations#MACHINEGUN
- 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist‎, volume 408, number 8845:
  Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.
  Category:English terms with quotations#MACHINEGUN
- 2016 December 23, Lam Yik Fei, “World - Image”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 April 2023‎:
  Brigadier John K. Lawson's bunker on the west side of Wong Nai Chung Gap that the West Brigade used as headquarters. Brigadier Lawson and three of his men were hit by machine-gun fire escaping from the bunker on Dec. 19, 1941.
  Category:English terms with quotations#MACHINEGUN

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Japanese: マシンガン
→ Malay: mesingan
→ Māori: pū mīhini (calque)
→ Tagalog: masinggan

Translations

type of firearm

Category:Entries with translation boxes#MACHINE%20GUN

Albanian: mitraloz (sq) mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#MACHINEGUN, mitroloz mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#MACHINEGUN, automatik (sq) mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#MACHINEGUN
Altai:
Southern Altai: пулемёт (pulemyot)Category:Terms with Southern Altai translations#MACHINEGUN
Arabic: رَشَاش m pl (rašāš)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#MACHINEGUN, مِتْرالِيُوز m (mitrāliyōz)Category:Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#MACHINE%20GUN Category:Terms with Arabic translations#MACHINEGUN
Egyptian Arabic: متريوز m (mitrāyōz)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#MACHINEGUN
Armenian: գնդացիր (hy) (gndacʻir)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#MACHINEGUN
Azerbaijani: avtomat (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#MACHINEGUN, pulemyotCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#MACHINEGUN, qurşunsaçarCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#MACHINEGUN
Belarusian: аўтама́т m (awtamát)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#MACHINEGUN, кулямёт m (kuljamjót)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#MACHINEGUN
Bengali: যন্ত্রচালিত গান (jontrocalito gan)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#MACHINEGUN, মেশিন গান (meśin gan)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#MACHINEGUN
Bulgarian: карте́чница (bg) f (kartéčnica)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#MACHINEGUN
Burmese: စက်သေနတ် (my) (caksenat)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#MACHINEGUN
Catalan: metralladora fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#MACHINEGUN
Chechen: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Chechen#MACHINEGUN
Chinese:
Cantonese: 機關槍 / 机关枪 (gei¹ gwaan¹ coeng¹)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#MACHINE%20GUN Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#MACHINEGUN

Mandarin: 機槍 / 机枪 (zh) (jīqiāng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#MACHINE%20GUN Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#MACHINEGUN, 機關槍 / 机关枪 (zh) (jīguānqiāng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#MACHINE%20GUN Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#MACHINEGUN
Chukchi: пэгԓяръо (pėgḷjarʺo)Category:Terms with Chukchi translations#MACHINEGUN
Chuvash: автомат (avtomat)Category:Terms with Chuvash translations#MACHINEGUN
Czech: kulomet (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#MACHINEGUN
Danish: maskingevær (da) nCategory:Terms with Danish translations#MACHINEGUN
Dutch: mitrailleur (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#MACHINEGUN
Esperanto: mitraloCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#MACHINEGUN, maŝinpafiloCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#MACHINEGUN
Estonian: kuulipildujaCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#MACHINEGUN
Faroese: maskinbyrsa fCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#MACHINEGUN
Finnish: konekivääri (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#MACHINEGUN, kuularuisku (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#MACHINEGUN (dated)
French: mitrailleuse (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#MACHINEGUN
Georgian: პულიმიოტი (ṗulimioṭi)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#MACHINEGUN, ტყვიამფრქვევი (ṭq̇viamprkvevi)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#MACHINEGUN
German: Maschinengewehr (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#MACHINEGUN, MG (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#MACHINEGUN
Greek: πολυβόλο (el) n (polyvólo)Category:Terms with Greek translations#MACHINEGUN
Hebrew: מַקְלֵעַ (he) m (maklea')Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#MACHINEGUN
Hindi: मशीन गन f (maśīn gan)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#MACHINEGUN
Hungarian: gépfegyver (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#MACHINEGUN, géppuska (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#MACHINEGUN
Icelandic: vélbyssa (is) fCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#MACHINEGUN
Ido: mitralioso (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#MACHINEGUN
Indonesian: senapan mesin (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#MACHINEGUN
Irish: meaisínghunna mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#MACHINEGUN
Italian: mitragliatrice (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#MACHINEGUN
Japanese: 機関銃 (ja) (きかんじゅう, kikanjū)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#MACHINEGUN, マシンガン (ja) (mashingan)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#MACHINEGUN, 機銃 (ja) (きじゅう, kijū)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#MACHINEGUN
Kazakh: автомат (avtomat)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#MACHINEGUN, пулемёт (pulemet)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#MACHINEGUN
Khmer: កាំភ្លើងយន្ត (kampləəng yŭən)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#MACHINEGUN
Korean: 기관총(機關銃) (ko) (gigwanchong)Category:Terms with Korean translations#MACHINEGUN, 기총(機銃) (gichong)Category:Terms with Korean translations#MACHINEGUN
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ڕێژِنگ (rêjing)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#MACHINEGUN

Northern Kurdish: mîtralyoz (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#MACHINEGUN
Kyrgyz: автомат (ky) (avtomat)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#MACHINEGUN, пулемёт (pulemyot)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#MACHINEGUN, окыргыткыч (okırgıtkıc)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#MACHINEGUN
Lao: ປືນກົນ (pư̄n kon)Category:Terms with Lao translations#MACHINEGUN
Latin: arma machinae f or f plCategory:Terms with Latin translations#MACHINEGUN
Latvian: ložmetējs (lv) mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#MACHINEGUN
Lithuanian: kulkosvaidis mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#MACHINEGUN
Macedonian: митрале́з m (mitraléz)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#MACHINEGUN
Malay: mesinganCategory:Terms with Malay translations#MACHINEGUN
Manx: gunn jeshaght mCategory:Terms with Manx translations#MACHINEGUN
Māori: pū mīhiniCategory:Terms with Māori translations#MACHINEGUN
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: пулемёт (mn) (pulemjot)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#MACHINEGUN
Navajo: beeʼeldǫǫh tʼáá bíniʼdii bikʼa ádiih yiyiinííłígííCategory:Terms with Navajo translations#MACHINEGUN
Nogai: окшашар (okşaşar)Category:Terms with Nogai translations#MACHINEGUN
Norman: fûsi-machinne mCategory:Terms with Norman translations#MACHINEGUN
Norwegian:
Bokmål: maskingevær nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#MACHINEGUN

Nynorsk: maskingevær nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#MACHINEGUN
Pannonian Rusyn: митралєз m (mitraljez)Category:Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations#MACHINEGUN
Pashto: ماشينګن m (māšingan)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#MACHINEGUN
Persian: مسلسل (fa) (mosalsal)Category:Terms with Persian translations#MACHINEGUN, تیربار (fa) (tirbâr)Category:Terms with Persian translations#MACHINEGUN, ماشیندار (mâšindâr)Category:Terms with Persian translations#MACHINEGUN (Dari)
Pohnpeian: kikansuCategory:Terms with Pohnpeian translations#MACHINEGUN
Polish: karabin maszynowy (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#MACHINEGUN, kaem (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#MACHINEGUN, kulomiot (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#MACHINEGUN
Portuguese: metralhadora (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#MACHINEGUN
Romanian: mitralieră (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#MACHINEGUN
Russian: автома́т (ru) m (avtomát)Category:Terms with Russian translations#MACHINEGUN, пулемёт (ru) m (pulemjót)Category:Terms with Russian translations#MACHINEGUN
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: митра̀ље̄з mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#MACHINEGUN, стро́јница fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#MACHINEGUN

Latin: mitràljēz (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#MACHINEGUN strójnica (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#MACHINEGUN
Slovak: guľomet mCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#MACHINEGUN
Slovene: mitraljez (sl) mCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#MACHINEGUN, strojnica (sl) fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#MACHINEGUN
Spanish: ametralladora (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#MACHINEGUN, metralladora fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#MACHINEGUN (Latin America)
Swahili: bombomuCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#MACHINEGUN
Swedish: kulspruta (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#MACHINEGUN, maskingevär (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#MACHINEGUN (Finland)
Tagalog: ulipaltogCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#MACHINEGUN, ametralyadoraCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#MACHINEGUN, masingganCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#MACHINEGUN
Tajik: автомат (tg) (avtomat)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#MACHINEGUN, пулемёт (pulemyot)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#MACHINEGUN
Tatar: уксибәр (uqsibär)Category:Terms with Tatar translations#MACHINEGUN
Thai: ปืนกล (th) (bpʉʉn-gon)Category:Terms with Thai translations#MACHINEGUN
Tibetan: མེ་མདའ་སྦག་སྦག (me mda' sbag sbag)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#MACHINEGUN
Turkish: makineli tüfek (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#MACHINEGUN, mitralyöz (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#MACHINEGUN
Ottoman Turkish: مترالیوز (mitralyöz)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#MACHINEGUN
Turkmen: awtomat (tk)Category:Terms with Turkmen translations#MACHINEGUN, pulemýotCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#MACHINEGUN
Ukrainian: автома́т (uk) m (avtomát)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#MACHINEGUN, кулеме́т m (kulemét)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#MACHINEGUN
Urdu: مشین گن f (maśīn gan)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#MACHINEGUN
Uyghur: ئاپتومات (aptomat)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#MACHINEGUN, پىلىموت (pilimot)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#MACHINEGUN
Uzbek: avtomat (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#MACHINEGUN, pulemyot (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#MACHINEGUN
Vietnamese: súng máy (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#MACHINEGUN, súng liên thanhCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#MACHINEGUN
Welsh: peirianddryll mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#MACHINEGUN, dryll peiriannol mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#MACHINEGUN, gwn peiriant mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#MACHINEGUN
Yakut: аптамаат (aptamaat)Category:Terms with Yakut translations#MACHINEGUN
Yiddish: אויטאָמאַט m (oytomat)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#MACHINEGUN, אַװטאָמאַט m (avtomat)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#MACHINEGUN, קוילן־וואַרפֿער m (koyln-varfer)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#MACHINEGUN, מאַשינביקס f (mashinbiks)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#MACHINEGUN