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SLIDE ACTION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun; a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new roundplay

Synonyms:

pump action; slide action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("slide action" is a kind of...):

action; action mechanism (the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism)

Holonyms ("slide action" is a part of...):

rifle (a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore)

scattergun; shotgun (firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges)

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