firearm : Idioms & Phrases

Index

automatic firearm

  • noun a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released
    automatic weapon; automatic gun.
WordNet

bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms

  • noun the law enforcement and tax collection agency of the Treasury Department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson
    ATF.
WordNet

Repeating firearm

  • noun a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading
    repeater.
WordNet
  • a firearm that may be discharged many times in quick succession; especially: (a) A form of firearm so constructed that by the action of the mechanism the charges are successively introduced from a chamber containing them into the breech of the barrel, and fired. (b) A form in which the charges are held in, and discharged from, a revolving chamber at the breech of the barrel. See Revolver, and Magazine gun, under Magazine. also called automatic weapon
Webster 1913

Revolving firearm

  • . See Revolver.
Webster 1913

semiautomatic firearm

  • noun an autoloader that fires only one shot at each pull of the trigger
WordNet