minigun

See also: mini-gun

English

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪniˌɡʌn/
  • Hyphenation: mini‧gun

Etymology 1
Minigun in use

mini- +‎ gun, so-called because General Electric designers scaled down the rotating-barrel 20 mm M61 Vulcan cannon for 7.62×51mm ammunition (in order to create a weapon with a higher and more reliable rate of fire).

Noun

minigun (plural miniguns)

  1. A machine gun with several rotating barrels, capable of firing several thousand rounds per minute.
    • 2019 October 24, ISP, quoting iSorrowproductions, Fallout 4 But I Randomized EVERYTHING‎:
      You know, what I'm actually thinking- is, if the deathclaw event actually happens, will the minigun on [that] Vertibird still be a minigun, or will it be something completely different?
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Noun

minigun (plural miniguns)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mini,‎ gun.
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