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(a) a quick-firing gun; also figurative; (b) a device that enables a gun to be loaded quickly so that cartridges can be fired in rapid succession…
(a) adj. (of a gun) quick-firing; (b) n. a quick-firing gun.
any of various artillery pieces of the First World War (1914–18) noted for their rapid fire.