Glock

/ ɡlɒk /

noun

1. a type of pistol

Word History and Origins

Origin of Glock¹

C20: named after Gaston Glock (born 1929), Austrian manufacturer

Example Sentences

Prosecutors allege that in August "he procured an automatic rifle, eight Glock pistols and more than 600 rounds of ammunition in Germany" and had them transferred to another suspect, Wael F.

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Bear Stearns was planning a special outing for its customers, at a Vegas firing range, where they could learn to shoot everything from a Glock to an Uzi.

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Liam McDermid unsuccessfully used the device to try and locate the Glock pistol in undergrowth at Edinburgh's Roseburn Path in June.

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When agents with warrant searched the home of Ali Denali Hemani, they found a Glock pistol, 60 grams of marijuana, and 4.7 grams of cocaine.

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Mr. Glock is the director of research at the Manhattan Institute and the author of “The Dead Pledge: The Origins of the Mortgage Market and Federal Bailouts, 1913-1939.”

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