bump stock

American  

[buhmp stok] / ˈbʌmp ˌstɒk /

noun

1. a replacement gunstock that enables a semiautomatic rifle to discharge bullets at a much higher rate of fire, nearly that of a fully automatic machine gun.

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Etymology

Origin of bump stock

First recorded in 2005–10; short for bump fire (from its use of the recoil to bump the trigger against the trigger finger) + (gun)stock ( def. )

Example Sentences

“A semiautomatic rifle equipped with a bump stock does not fire more than one shot by a single function of the trigger,” he wrote in Garland vs.

From Los Angeles Times

A rifle equipped with a bump stock can fire at a rate of between 400 and 800 rounds per minute.

From Los Angeles Times

A bump stock, however, allows a semiautomatic gun to repeatedly fire, at nearly the rate of a machine gun.

From Los Angeles Times

Mills said she vetoed the bump stock proposal because despite its “well-meaning nature” she felt the language of the bill and the way it was developed “create the risk for unintended mistakes.”

From Seattle Times

But if the public had bothered to tune in to watch the bump stock argument, they might have done more than change the channel.

From Seattle Times