Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To fire at or kill with a machine gun.
- adjective Fast and staccato.
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- verb To fire a
machine gun - verb To
kill people with a machine gun
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Examples
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The old Humphrey, the machine-gun orator, was back.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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He also had that electrifying speaking style: the machine-gun delivery, the big crescendos, applause lines every few minutes.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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The old Humphrey, the machine-gun orator, was back.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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He also had that electrifying speaking style: the machine-gun delivery, the big crescendos, applause lines every few minutes.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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The old Humphrey, the machine-gun orator, was back.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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He also had that electrifying speaking style: the machine-gun delivery, the big crescendos, applause lines every few minutes.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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For days and weeks—each morning after getting up and each night before brushing my teeth—I stood in front of the bathroom mirror with this pencil under my tongue sounding like a kid killing the machine-gun sound effects.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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'Soldiers' charged into the street and sprayed 'machine-gun fire' into the air, blasting a robot monster that will later be CGI'ed into existence.
Transform the 'Transformers'-in-D.C. photo Melissa Bell 2010
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An accomplice raked the museum steps with machine-gun fire to hold off guards, and the men sped away.
The Artlessness Of Art Thieves Benjamin Wallace 2011
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Sandbagged machine-gun placements crowd the outside stairs.
Troops Surround Hotel of Internationally-Recognized Winner of Ivory Coast Vote 2011
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