machine-gun

See also: machinegun, and machine gun

English

Verb

machine-gun (third-person singular simple present machine-guns, present participle machine-gunning, simple past and past participle machine-gunned)

1. To fire a machine gun
2. To shoot (people, etc.) with a machine gun
   • 1980 December 6, “Thank You”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 20, page 4:

     During a time when the New Right is becoming increasingly powerful, when gay people are machine-gunned down in the streets, lesbians and gay men are recognizing the necessity of helping each other out.

Translations

to fire a machine gun

• Catalan: metrallar (ca)
• Portuguese: metralhar (pt)

to shoot with a machine gun

• Catalan: metrallar (ca)
• Portuguese: metralhar (pt)