Meaning of machine gun | Babel Free
/məˈʃiːn ɡʌn/Definitions
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.
Equivalents
Čeština
kulomet
Ελληνικά
πολυβόλο
Français
mitrailleuse
עברית
מקלע
Bahasa Indonesia
senapan mesin
Italiano
mitragliatrice
Nederlands
mitrailleur
Português
metralhadora
ไทย
ปืนกล
Examples
“I'm gonna get you, baby / Like a machine gun, I'm gonna… Tak-Tak-Tak-Tak-Tak”
“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.”
“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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.