machinegun

See also: machine gun and machine-gun

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.?

Doric Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)

Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́)bor.

Latin māchinabor.

Middle French machinebor.

English machine

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis

Proto-Germanic *gunþiz

Old Norse gunnrder.

Middle English gunne

English gun

English machinegun

From machine + gun.

Noun

machinegun (plural machineguns)

Alternative spelling of machine gun.
- 1978 April 22, “Book Shipment from New York Seized by Customs”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
  The raids by machinegun toting police people on Gay bars in Montreal

Verb

machinegun (third-person singular simple present machineguns, present participle machinegunning, simple past and past participle machinegunned)

Alternative spelling of machine-gun.
- 1981 November, B.P., “U.S. Embassy”, in Soldier of Fortune, volume 6, number 11, page 53:
  However, one group of Americans at the Embassy doesn’t creep around quivering in anxiety about being RPGed or machinegunned.
- 2009 May 22, Stuart Heritage, “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”, in Hecklerspray‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 April 2024:
  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.