Gatling gun en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡætlɪŋ ˌɡʌn/ (General-American)
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Etymology
Named after American inventor Richard Jordan Gatling.
Meanings
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A type of repeating firearm with several barrels on a rotating frame, in use from the 1860s to the 1910s, providing fully automatic fire similar to that of modern machine guns and autocannons.
They say that the Gatling who invented Gatling guns imagined that they would reduce the scale of human warfare, poor old chap.
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(broadly, slang) Any of various later weapons with a similar concept of operation (spinning a rotating set of barrels).
I stood in the door of an AC-130 and ran a Gatling gun. So it goes. What more is there to say about it?
Near-synonyms: minigun, autocannon
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatling guns | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (20)
de Gatling-Kanone (a type of repeating firearm similar to a machine gun) · es cañón Gatling (gatlin) (a type of repeating firearm similar to a machine gun) · pt Gatling (a type of repeating firearm similar to a machine gun) · ru пулемёт Га́тлинга (a type of repeating firearm similar to a machine gun) · zh 加特林機槍 /加特林机枪 (a type of repeating firearm similar to a machine gun) · sh Гетлингов систем (a type of repeating firearm similar to a machine gun) · zh 加特林机枪 (a type of repeating firearm similar to a machine gun) · fr gatling (a type of repeating firearm similar to a machine gun) · es ametralladora / metralladora Gatling (gatlin) (a type of repeating firearm similar to a machine gun) · fa مسلسل گاتلینگ (a type of repeating firearm similar to a machine gun) · ca metralladora Gatling (a type of repeating firearm similar to a machine gun) · fi gatling (a type of repeating firearm similar to a machine gun) · sv gatlingkanon (a type of repeating firearm similar to a machine gun) · ja ガトリング砲 (a type of repeating firearm similar to a machine gun) · mr गॅट्लिंग बंदूक (a type of repeating firearm similar to a machine gun) · pt metralhadora Gatling (a type of repeating firearm similar to a machine gun) · no gatlingvåpen (a type of repeating firearm similar to a machine gun) · pl kartaczownica Gatlinga (a type of repeating firearm similar to a machine gun) · bg кърте́чница Га́тлинг (a type of repeating firearm similar to a machine gun) · cs Gatlingův kulomet (a type of repeating firearm similar to a machine gun)