"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
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  2. (slang, by extension, especially board games) Firepower, especially done in excess. Tags: broadly, slang, uncountable Synonyms: barrage, firestorm, volley, salvo, bombardment
    Sense id: en-dakka-en-noun-5CQKrtJW Categories (other): Board games, English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Firearms, Warhammer Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 9 91 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Firearms: 15 85 Disambiguation of Warhammer: 5 95
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