pump gun

American  

noun

1. a shotgun or rifle having a pump-action mechanism.

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pump gun British  

noun

1. a repeating gun operated by a slide-action mechanism feeding ammunition from a magazine under the barrel into the breech

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Etymology

Origin of pump gun

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

“Okay, now, draw that stack over near the edge of the table by your right arm,” the pump gun hissed melodramatically.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

“Tell them about the newspapers, David,” the pump gun smirked contemptuously.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

So then: those two gunners averaged 10-1/2 wild geese per pump gun out of one flock!

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple

Beside him leaned a shiny, twelve-gauge pump gun which he jostled with an elbow as he bade me by word and gesture to make myself at home.

From The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)

It was a Marlin repeater, known among hunters as a pump gun; and could be fired six times without reloading, the empty shells being thrown out from the side instead of in the marksman's face.

From Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat by Rathborne, St. George