SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

semiautomatic; semiautomatic pistol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("semiautomatic pistol" is a kind of...):

handgun; pistol; shooting iron; side arm (a firearm that is held and fired with one hand)

semiautomatic firearm (an autoloader that fires only one shot at each pull of the trigger)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "semiautomatic pistol"):

Luger (a German semiautomatic pistol)