Gatling
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8.7
- proper noun
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Gatling
- Only one hundred and fifty years ago this coming November, Richard Gatling patented his Gatling gun, which would revolutionize warfare...
- Gatling gun
- 20 mm Gatling
They stole weapons from company stores, including at least one Gatling gun.
- They stole weapons from company stores, including at least one Gatling gun.
- He's the one in the Wild Bunch who, when they have wired with dynamite the Gatling gun, he's the one who smiles and says, pretty smart.
Examples
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A Gatling gun!
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Sir, would you really have killed those men with the Gatling gun?
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I got your Gatling gun, and I got it set up.
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You saw the Gatling gun?
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This Gatling gun's a little heavy.
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Took out the Gatling gun and the cannon all by himself.
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At the top of which, about a hundred fifty yards off, is a three-man Gatling crew.
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They're using the Gatling and the cannon to cover their advance.
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The few remaining Bluecoats break and run as Jesse reaches the Gatling.
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During the Civil War, many soldiers fought with the Gatling gun on the battlefield.
Synonyms
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8.9
A gun with several barrels that turn and fire quickly
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gatling as the name of a gun comes from Richard Gatling, the man who invented an early gun that fired many bullets very fast. Just as the car name Ford comes from Henry Ford, the word Gatling came to mean this kind of rapid-fire weapon.