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Semiautomatic

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Noun

1. semiautomatic, semiautomatic pistol

a pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm capable of loading and firing continuously

Adjective

2. semiautomatic

partially automatic

3. autoloading, self-loading, semiautomatic

(of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously

Example Sentences:
'an autoloading rifle'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Semiautomatic

see synonyms of semiautomatic
adjective
1. 
partly automatic
2. 
(of a firearm) self-loading but firing only one shot at each pull of the trigger
Compare automatic (sense 5)
noun
3. 
a semiautomatic firearm

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Semiautomatic

see synonyms of semiautomatic
adjective
1. 
partly automatic and partly hand-controlled
said of machinery
2.  Firearms
using the force of the explosion of a shell to eject and reload cartridges, as in an automatic, but requiring a trigger pull for each round fired
noun
3. 
a semiautomatic firearm

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Semiautomatic

see synonyms of semiautomatic
adj.
1. Partially automatic.
2. Ejecting a shell and loading the next round of ammunition automatically, but requiring a squeeze of the trigger for each shot. Used of a firearm.
n.
A semiautomatic firearm.

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