machine pistol
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English[edit]
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