SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does semiautomatic pistol mean? 

• SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL (noun)
  The noun SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL has 1 sense:

1. a pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm capable of loading and firing continuously

  Familiarity information: SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm capable of loading and firing continuously

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

semiautomatic; semiautomatic pistol

Hypernyms ("semiautomatic pistol" is a kind of...):

handgun; pistol; shooting iron; side arm (a firearm that is held and fired with one hand)

semiautomatic firearm (an autoloader that fires only one shot at each pull of the trigger)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "semiautomatic pistol"):

Luger (a German semiautomatic pistol)