heavy machine gun

English

heavy machine gun

Pronunciation

• enPR: hĕv′ē mə-shēn′ gŭn
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛv.iː məˈʃiːn ɡʌn/
• (General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛv.i məˈʃin ɡʌn/
• (Australia, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈhev.iː məˈʃiːn ɡɐn/, /- ɡan/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈhev.iː maˈʃiːn ɡan/
• Hyphenation: heav‧y ma‧chine gun

Noun

heavy machine gun (plural heavy machine guns)

2. (firearms, military) A gun capable of heavy sustained fire.

   Alternative form: HMG (initialism)

   Hypernyms: MG, machine gun < firearm < gun < weapon

   Coordinate terms: MMG, medium machine gun, GPMG, general-purpose machine gun, SMG, submachine gun