automatic pistol

noun

1. a type of pistol having a mechanism that throws out the empty shell, puts in a new one, and prepares the pistol to be fired again.

Word History and Origins

Origin of automatic pistol¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Brinsley stepped up to the passenger side of the patrol car, raised a silver Taurus semi-automatic pistol and began firing.

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He said you want an automatic pistol in order to be able to get off another shot fast, in case your first shot is inefficient.

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She at one point appears holding an automatic pistol, a black bandanna covering the lower half of her face.

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She instantly understood that it was the laser sight attached to the automatic pistol the man was now firing at her.

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Jude pulled a .40 caliber automatic pistol from the waistband of his sweatpants and fired once.

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For a revolver or an automatic pistol and anything else I can find.

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He went upstairs, his lamp in one hand, an automatic pistol in the other.

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After a brief struggle the automatic pistol he had taken from its hiding-place was wrested from his grasp.

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Even Sanders stepped back and dropped his hand to the automatic pistol he carried in his hip pocket.

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Feeling for his automatic pistol, he lay waiting his opportunity.

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