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Gatling

Gatling

3 8.9
An American inventor who made an early rapid-fire gun
  • proper noun
  • /ˈɡæt.lɪŋ/
translation icon : Gatling
  • Gatling gun
  • Gatling gun fires
  • Gatling gun chattered

Examples

  • - Everyone, this is Major Max Gatling.

    Battle of the Damned (2013)

  • What is your mission, Major Gatling?

    Battle of the Damned (2013)

  • We'd better get the Gatling gun out.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The Gatling gun fires.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Only one hundred and fifty years ago this coming November, Richard Gatling patented his Gatling gun, which would revolutionize warfare...

    Blog text (23)

  • The inventor, Richard Jordan Gatling, created one of the first rapid-fire weapons in history.

  • The Gatling design influenced many modern automatic firearms.

  • During the Civil War, the Gatling gun was seen as a revolutionary advancement in military technology.

Compounds

Gatling gun
4 8.9

A gun with several barrels that turn and fire quickly

Surface Forms

Gatling main

Etymology

Gatling is a family name most famous for Richard Jordan Gatling, an American inventor from the 1800s who made the Gatling gun. So when you see Gatling as a person, it refers to that inventor.