Uzi

[oo-zee]

noun

plural

Uzis 

1. a compact 9 mm submachine gun of Israeli design.

Uzi

/ ˈuːzɪ /

noun

1. a sub-machine gun of Israeli design

Word History and Origins

Origin of Uzi¹

First recorded in 1955–60; after Uzi(el) Gal, Israeli army officer who designed it

Word History and Origins

Origin of Uzi¹

C20: after Uziel Gal, the Israeli army officer who designed it

Example Sentences

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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Alon Uzi was wandering around outside the hospital entrance with two bags of belongings.

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A professor also showed BBC Panorama how he found someone within moments on Telegram who offered to ship an Uzi submachine gun to the UK for £850.

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Later reports claim that it might be further east, near a village called Uzi.

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Later, the TV put it farther east near the village of Uzi, but details remained contradictory.

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