pump gun

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [puhmp guhn]
- /pʌmp gʌn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [puhmp guhn]
- /pʌmp gʌn/

Definitions of pump gun words

noun pump gun a shotgun or rifle having a pump-action mechanism. 1
noun pump gun a repeating gun operated by a slide-action mechanism feeding ammunition from a magazine under the barrel into the breech 0

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Origin of pump gun

First appearance:

before 1905

One of the 15% newest English words

First recorded in 1905-10

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Parts of speech for Pump gun

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Pump gun

pump gun popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 51% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

pump gun usage trend in Literature

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