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PUMP ACTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun; a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round
Synonyms:
pump action; slide action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pump action" is a kind of...):
action; action mechanism (the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism)
Holonyms ("pump action" is a part of...):
rifle (a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore)
scattergun; shotgun (firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges)
