Uzi
Americannoun
PLURAL
Uzisnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of Uzi
First recorded in 1955–60; after Uzi(el) Gal, Israeli army officer who designed it
Example Sentences
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Alon Uzi was wandering around outside the hospital entrance with two bags of belongings.
From BBC
A professor also showed BBC Panorama how he found someone within moments on Telegram who offered to ship an Uzi submachine gun to the UK for £850.
From BBC
Later reports claim that it might be further east, near a village called Uzi.
From Salon
Later, the TV put it farther east near the village of Uzi, but details remained contradictory.
From Seattle Times
Cross said his family is participating “so that no other child will have to go through what Uzi did. No other parent should have to go through what we have.”
From Seattle Times
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