"dakka" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Onomatopoeic for a firing machine gun. Popularised by the invented Ork lexicon in the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop war game. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeia|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} dakka (uncountable)
  1. The sound of a firing machine gun. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Warhammer
    Sense id: en-dakka-en-noun--6S9b3g8 Disambiguation of Warhammer: 93 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
  2. (slang, especially board games) Firepower. Tags: slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Board games
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