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

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

From BBC

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.

From BBC

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.

From Seattle Times

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.”

From Seattle Times

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