Gatling Definition & Meaning

gatling
noun
  1. United States inventor of the first rapid firing gun (1818-1903)

"Gatling" in song lyrics

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  • "Down in H-Town, chit-chatters get the gatling"
    H.A.W.K. f/ Lil' Keke, Big Pokey, Mike D — Down N H-Town (Remix)
  • "Like the inventor of the machine gun was Richard J. Gatling"
    Holocaust & American Poets 2099 — Gun Grave
  • "Hundred shots hit the same spot like Gatling"
    Dawaun Parker f/ Phil Beaudreau (Shaimus) — Lost

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