Meaning of machine gun | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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

العربية رشاش مِتْرالِيُوز

Azərbaycanca avtomat pulemyot

Беларуская аўтамат

བོད་སྐད མེ་མདའ་སྦག་སྦག

Bosanski šmajser strojnica стројница шмајсер

Català metralladora

Čeština kulomet

Cymraeg dryll peiriannol gwn peiriant peirianddryll

Dansk maskingevær

Deutsch Maschinengewehr MG

Ελληνικά αυτόματο πολυβόλο

Esperanto maŝinpafilo mitralo

Español ametralladora metralladora

Eesti kuulipilduja

فارسی مسلسل

Suomi konekivääri kookoo kuularuisku

Français mitrailleuse

Gaeilge meaisínghunna

עברית מקלע

Hrvatski šmajser strojnica стројница шмајсер

Magyar gépfegyver géppuska

Հայերեն գնդացիր

Bahasa Indonesia mitraliur senapan mesin

Íslenska vélbyssa

Italiano mitragliatrice

日本語マシンガン機銃機関銃

ქართული პულიმიოტი ტყვიამფრქვევი

Қазақша автомат пулемёт

ខ្មែរ កាំភ្លើងយន្ត

한국어 기관총 기총 총

Kurdî automatîk

Кыргызча окыргыткыч пулемёт

ລາວ ປືນກົນ

Lietuvių kulkosvaidis

Latviešu ložmetējs

Te Reo Māori pū mīhini

Македонски митралез

Монгол пулемёт

Bahasa Melayu mesingan

မြန်မာဘာသာ စက်သေနတ်

Nederlands mitrailleur

Polski kaem karabin maszynowy kulomiot maszyna

Português metralhadora

Română mitralieră

Русский автомат пулемёт

Slovenčina guľomet

Shqip automatik mitraloz mitroloz

Српски šmajser strojnica стројница шмајсер

Svenska kulspruta maskingevär

Kiswahili bombomu

ไทย ปืนกล

Tagalog ametralyadora masinggan

Türkçe makineli tüfek mitralyöz

Українська автомат кулеме́т машинґвер

Tiếng Việt súng liên thanh súng máy

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

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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