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Submachine gun

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A type of short range machine gun that is carried as a personal weapon and uses pistol ammunition.

    "Bare-chested children and their parents gathered in doorways, on roofs and in windows as he passed, watched warily by Brazilian troops carrying submachine guns."

  2. 2
    machine gun that is a portable automatic firearm wordnet

Etymology

From sub- + machine gun.

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