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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
Sense 1
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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