First Known Use: 1867
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Gatling gun
noun Gat·ling gun \ˈgat-liŋ-\
Definition of GATLING GUN
: a machine gun with a revolving cluster of barrels fired once each per revolution
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Origin of GATLING GUN
Richard J. Gatling †1903 American inventor
Rhymes with GATLING GUN
Acheron, Algonquin, allemande, all-or-none, Balzacian, give the gun, hit-and-run, jump the gun, machine-gun, machine gun, megaton, midnight sun, one-on-one, one-to-one, on the run, overrun, pellet gun, radar gun, ride shotgun, riot gun, run-and-gun, Sally Lunn, scattergun, smoking gun, tommy gun, twenty-one, underdone, underrun, water gun
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