self-loader

noun

Definition of self-loadernext
as in pistol

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  1. pistol
  2. handgun
  3. revolver
  4. rifle
  5. shotgun
  6. derringer
  7. six-shooter
  8. sidearm
Noun
  • During the killing, the pistol jammed, but the gunman was able to clear the jam and kept firing before running off.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Battle as a Mandalorian Nite Owl, Mandalorian Warrior, and two Imperial Commandos, each with their own blaster pistols and jetpack elements.
    Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of pistol
Noun
  • Gun switches like what Robinson imported often turn handguns into the equivalent of automatic weapons — with the ability to rapidly empty a gun's magazine with a single trigger pull.
    David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
  • He was released from custody, but the handgun was turned over to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of handgun
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Hunter Biden was convicted of lying on a federal form about his drug use to purchase a revolver, submitting a false statement into a federal record, and unlawfully possessing the firearm for 11 days.
    Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Dec. 2024
  • No witness at the trial testified to observing Biden using drugs in the days after purchasing the Colt Cobra revolver.
    Times staff, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of revolver
Noun
  • Sullivan said the district court showed commercially available civilian semi-automatic rifles are not military grade.
    Greg Bishop | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Dec. 2024
  • King changed his long-standing opposition to gun restrictions after the mass shooting and filed a bill that would have raised the age to purchase AR-15 style semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21 years of age.
    Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of rifle
Noun
  • In addition to being sought for the slaying of a 21-year-old man in East New York, Christopher Ferguson, 21, was riding shotgun in a vehicle spotted fleeing the Whitman Houses in Fort Greene, where a ShotSpotter device recorded gunfire around 3 p.m., cops said.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins set up in shotgun formation with three receivers to his right and tight end Kyle Pitts isolated to his left.
    Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of shotgun
Noun
  • One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.
    Brian Matthew Jordan, National Review, 14 Apr. 2024
  • This victim’s vision seems weird and fraudulent when Priscilla casually color-coordinates derringer pistols with designer dresses.
    Armond White, National Review, 3 Nov. 2023
Definition of derringer
Noun
  • That’s because the six-shooter is a good approximation for a generic abstraction of a handgun.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Towering over the Max Motors car lot is a giant gunslinger in the sky, six-shooters drawn and in a bit of a bad mood, judging by his expression.
    EDWARD M. EVELD, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
Definition of six-shooter
Noun
  • In the first quarter, while trailing 3-0, Williams dropped back to pass and tried to flick the ball up the field with a sidearm pass.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Driving the news: The Phillies simulated Mets' starting pitcher Sean Manaea's oddball, sidearm delivery during batting practice.
    Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of sidearm
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