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GATLING GUN

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gatling gun mean?

• GATLING GUN (noun)
The noun GATLING GUN has 1 sense:

1. an early form of machine gun having several barrels that fire in sequence as they are rotated

Familiarity information: GATLING GUN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GATLING GUN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An early form of machine gun having several barrels that fire in sequence as they are rotated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Gatling gun" is a kind of...):

machine gun (a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted))

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