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submachine gun

sub·ma·chine gun
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suhb-muh-sheen]
    • /ˌsʌb məˈʃin/
    • /ˌsəb.mɪ.ˈʃiːn ɡʌn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suhb-muh-sheen]
    • /ˌsʌb məˈʃin/

Definitions of submachine gun words

  • noun submachine gun a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip. 1
  • noun submachine gun automatic rifle 1
  • countable noun submachine gun A submachine gun is a light portable type of machine gun. 0
  • noun submachine gun a portable, automatic or semiautomatic firearm with a stock and a short barrel, taking pistol ammunition and fired from the shoulder or hip 0
See all 4 definitions of submachine gun

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Origin of submachine gun

First appearance:

before 1915
One of the 14% newest English words
First recorded in 1915-20; sub- + machine gun

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Parts of speech for Submachine gun

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Submachine gun

submachine gun popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% 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 submachine gun

noun submachine gun

  • 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
  • gatling gun — an early type of machine gun consisting of a revolving cluster of barrels around a central axis, each barrel being automatically loaded and fired every revolution of the cluster.
  • machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
  • machine-gun — to shoot at with a machine gun.
All 7 Synonyms of submachine gun

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