Uzi
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Uzi
First recorded in 1955–60; after Uzi(el) Gal, Israeli army officer who designed it
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But as a teenager in the mid-2010s, she was also enamored with the rambunctious hip-hop subgenre known as SoundCloud rap, which made stars out of XXXTentacion and Lil Uzi Vert.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
Alon Uzi was wandering around outside the hospital entrance with two bags of belongings.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2025
Later reports claim that it might be further east, near a village called Uzi.
From Salon ● May 19, 2024
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 ● Feb. 14, 2024
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.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
The Golden Girls toting Uzis; Jessica Fletcher packing heat; Miss Marple in the library wielding nunchucks.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2022
Numerous firearms owned by Mr. Nugent, including various Glocks, rifles and Uzis, are among the other weaponry up for auction, as are boxes of ammunition, multiple hunting knives and additional bows.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 10, 2021
Which meant Secret Service, state troopers, armored limousines, Uzis and helicopters.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 27, 2020
Other companies imported semiautomatic Uzis, a version of the Israel Defense Force weapon, for civilian use.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2013
Long a favorite of the Secret Service, it seems Uzis went out of fashion with the advent of the Persian Gulf War, our Arab allies taking some offense at Americans toting Israeli weapons.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce
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