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Uzi

[ oo-zee ]

noun

, plural U·zis.
  1. a compact 9 mm submachine gun of Israeli design.


Uzi

/ ˈuːzɪ /

noun

  1. a sub-machine gun of Israeli design
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Uzi1

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

Origin of Uzi1

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

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

From Salon

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

Cross said his family is participating “so that no other child will have to go through what Uzi did. No other parent should have to go through what we have.”

A keynote speaker at rallies, Uzi Sharbav, was convicted of taking part in the murder of three Palestinians in the 1980s.

One day this summer, the internet personality Adin Ross switched on his camera and started broadcasting himself live to thousands of fans, sipping a Yerba Mate drink and nodding along to Lil Uzi.

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