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double-action

[ duhb-uhl-ak-shuhn ]

/ ˈdʌb əlˈæk ʃən /

adjective

(of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.

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Origin of double-action

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby double-action

douanier, Douay Bible, double, double achievement, double-acting, double-action, double agent, double altar, double-aspect theory, double ax, double back

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Example sentences from the Web for double-action

The powerful, double-action pumps quickly ejected the water-ballast.
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It was a wall mill equipped with a glass-front metal hopper and employing a ratchet spring-lock nut and double-action grinders.
All About Coffee|William H. Ukers
It was a double-action apparatus, made entirely of bamboo, except the pistons, which were of feathers.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
One double-action folding machine will fold fifty sheets in a minute.
The Pictorial Press|Mason Jackson

That is, the hammer would have traveled back all the way, whether it was cocked or fired in a double-action manner.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

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