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machine pistol

ma·chine pis·tol
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [muh-sheen pis-tl]
    • /məˈʃin ˈpɪs tl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [muh-sheen pis-tl]
    • /məˈʃin ˈpɪs tl/

Definitions of machine pistol words

  • noun machine pistol a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun. 1
  • noun machine pistol A lightweight submachine gun, capable of being fired with one hand. 0
See all 2 definitions of machine pistol

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Origin of machine pistol

First appearance:

before 1935
One of the 8% newest English words
First recorded in 1935-40

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Parts of speech for Machine pistol

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Machine pistol

machine pistol popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for machine pistol

noun machine pistol

  • submachine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • automatic pistol — a type of pistol having a mechanism that throws out the empty shell, puts in a new one, and prepares the pistol to be fired again.
  • burp gun — an automatic pistol or submachine gun
  • bren gun — an air-cooled gas-operated light machine gun taking .303 calibre ammunition: used by British and Commonwealth forces in World War II
  • thompson submachine gun — a portable, .45-caliber, automatic weapon designed to be fired from the shoulder or hip.
All 7 Synonyms of machine pistol

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