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Automatic gun   /ˌɔtəmˈætɪk gən/   Listen
Automatic gun

noun
1.
A firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released.  Synonyms: automatic firearm, automatic weapon.






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"Automatic gun" Quotes from Famous Books



... claim self-defense," Hull went on presently. "A man's got no call to stand by an' see his wife shot down. Cunningham reached for a drawer an' started to pull out an automatic gun. Knowin' him, I was scared. I beat him to it an' lammed him one over the head with my gun. My idea was to head him off from drawin' on Mrs. Hull, but I reckon I hit him harder than I'd aimed ...
— Tangled Trails - A Western Detective Story • William MacLeod Raine

... "Well, I've been wondering. The Dosey Asteroids raiders are supposed to have used an unknown type of antipersonnel weapon in their attack on the station, you know. Nothing in sight on their wreck that might be, say, an automatic gun but ... well, just move in carefully and stay ready to haul away very fast at the first hint ...
— The Star Hyacinths • James H. Schmitz

... scarcity of feathered game, and the number of deadly machine guns already on the market, the production of the last and deadliest automatic gun (by the Winchester Arms Company), already in great demand, is a crime against wild life, ...
— Our Vanishing Wild Life - Its Extermination and Preservation • William T. Hornaday



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