"machine pistol" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: machine pistols [plural]
Etymology: Calque of German Maschinenpistole. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|de|Maschinenpistole}} Calque of German Maschinenpistole Head templates: {{en-noun}} machine pistol (plural machine pistols)
  1. 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: MP [abbreviation] Translations (lightweight submachine gun): automaattipistooli (Finnish), Maschinenpistole [feminine] (German), pistola automática [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-machine_pistol-en-noun-FKBg2QVw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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