Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

machinegun

/məʃˈinɡən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables: ma-chine-gun
IPA: /məʃˈinɡən/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of machine gun.

verb

Alternative spelling of machine-gun.

Example Sentences

"The raids by machinegun toting police people on Gay bars in Montreal"
"However, one group of Americans at the Embassy doesn’t creep around quivering in anxiety about being RPGed or machinegunned."
"Jon & Kate Plus 8. Not the name of a horrific-sounding midget-porn movie. It’s the reality show that everyone is talking about. Alright, not everyone. We haven’t been talking about Jon & Kate Plus 8. But that’s because we’ve only figured out what it is. It’s a show about a couple plagued by the fact that the woman keeps machinegunning babies out of her vagina and one of them hit the milkman in the eye. Or something."

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle French machinebor. English machine English gun English machinegun From machine + gun.

Inflected Forms

machineguns (plural) machineguns (present, singular) machinegunning (participle, present) machinegunned (participle, past) machinegunned (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce machinegun?: The recorded pronunciation is /məʃˈinɡən/.
What does machinegun mean?: Alternative spelling of machine gun.
Where does machinegun come from?: Etymology tree Middle French machinebor. English machine English gun English machinegun From machine + gun.

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