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

“The pistol brace doesn’t make the pistol an automatic pistol….Except for stabilizing the pistol. It doesn’t change the pistol in any way.”

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The attack failed because no shot was released from the automatic pistol.

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Then, after he went through an open door he grabbed automatic pistols on a table in the area where officers were training.

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According to witnesses, Lightfeather had been drinking with two other men and allegedly had threatened them with a small automatic pistol.

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During the raid of the defendant’s property, authorities also seized machine guns, automatic pistols and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition.

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