machine pistol
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Etymology
[edit]Calque of German Maschinenpistole.
Noun
[edit]machine pistol (plural machine pistols)
- A lightweight submachine gun, usually capable of being fired with one hand (but sometimes with a second grip at the front of the barrel and then fired like a rifle).
Synonyms
[edit]- MP (abbreviation)
Translations
[edit]lightweight submachine gun
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Further reading
[edit]machine pistol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Category:Machine pistols on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons