street sweeper

n. a machine gun. In my neighborhood, the sound of street sweepers is about as common as the sound of horns honking.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lewis	LOO-is	English
Alfhildr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Ioubal	-	Biblical Greek
Shafiq	-	Arabic
Io	IE-o (English), EE-o (English)	Greek Mythology
Mechislav	-	Russian (Rare), Medieval Slavic