Stenn.

/stɛn/

Forms: Also sten.

Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of the surnames of the designers, R. V. S hepherd and H. J. T urpin + En field, Greater London (see quot. 1942¹ at main sense), after Bren n.

More fully Sten gun: a type of light, rapid-fire, sub-machine-gun. Also figurative and attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [adjective] > types of sub-machine-gun

Nordenfelt1880

Sten1942

Uzi1959

Stechkin1962

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > machine-gun > sub-machine-gun > types of

Thompson sub-machine gun1920

Thompson1921

Schmeisser1922

tommy gun1929

Chicago piano1936

Owen gun1941

Sten1942

Owen1948

Sterling1958

Uzi1959

Stechkin1962

kalashnikov1970

1942 Times 16 July 8/3 It [sc. the gun] was known as the Schmeisser gun, and the Sten was merely a slight modification of it... The Ministry of Supply was not justified in taking to itself high praise for the speed of production of the Sten, and in giving the country the false impression that ‘Colonel S’ and ‘Major T’ invented and designed the gun.

1942 ‘G. Orwell’ Diary 7 Aug. in Coll. Ess. (1968) II. 442 Last night for the first time took a Sten gun to pieces.

1959 ‘N. Blake’ Widow's Cruise 99 He went off into a sten-gun burst of Greek.

1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 255 It was bloody murder. I had shed the set, and went in firing the sten from the hip.

1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 261 In my ammo pouch, against the sten magazines, I had stuffed the picture of Hanuman.

1974 S. Gulliver Vulcan Bull. 18 Automatic weapons like Stens and Sterlings.

Derivatives

ˈSten-gun v. transitive to shoot at or kill with a Sten gun.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by shooting

shootc893

shootc1275

to blow away1523

carry1653

to shoot (a person) down1845

stop1845

blow1871

ventilate1875

Maxim1894

poop1917

to blow apart1920

smoke1926

clip1927

cowboy1941

zap1942

Sten-gun1949

to light up1967

slot1987

1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. ii. v. 280 There is..no conceivable justification..for Sten-gunning the representative of an international body.

ˈSten-gunner n. a person who operates a Sten gun.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > machine-gun

machine-gunner1888

chopper1929

tommy-gunner1932

Sten-gunner1961

1961 Times 8 Mar. 13/6 The Tunisian stengunners outside the luxury hotel: the Hiberno-Scandinavian-Afro-Asian chatter in the café below United Nations headquarters.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	sten
释义	Stenn. /stɛn/ Forms: Also sten. Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of the surnames of the designers, R. V. S hepherd and H. J. T urpin + En field, Greater London (see quot. 1942¹ at main sense), after Bren n. More fully Sten gun: a type of light, rapid-fire, sub-machine-gun. Also figurative and attributive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [adjective] > types of sub-machine-gun Nordenfelt1880 Sten1942 Uzi1959 Stechkin1962 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > machine-gun > sub-machine-gun > types of Thompson sub-machine gun1920 Thompson1921 Schmeisser1922 tommy gun1929 Chicago piano1936 Owen gun1941 Sten1942 Owen1948 Sterling1958 Uzi1959 Stechkin1962 kalashnikov1970 1942 Times 16 July 8/3 It [sc. the gun] was known as the Schmeisser gun, and the Sten was merely a slight modification of it... The Ministry of Supply was not justified in taking to itself high praise for the speed of production of the Sten, and in giving the country the false impression that ‘Colonel S’ and ‘Major T’ invented and designed the gun. 1942 ‘G. Orwell’ Diary 7 Aug. in Coll. Ess. (1968) II. 442 Last night for the first time took a Sten gun to pieces. 1959 ‘N. Blake’ Widow's Cruise 99 He went off into a sten-gun burst of Greek. 1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 255 It was bloody murder. I had shed the set, and went in firing the sten from the hip. 1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 261 In my ammo pouch, against the sten magazines, I had stuffed the picture of Hanuman. 1974 S. Gulliver Vulcan Bull. 18 Automatic weapons like Stens and Sterlings. Derivatives ˈSten-gun v. transitive to shoot at or kill with a Sten gun. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by shooting shootc893 shootc1275 to blow away1523 carry1653 to shoot (a person) down1845 stop1845 blow1871 ventilate1875 Maxim1894 poop1917 to blow apart1920 smoke1926 clip1927 cowboy1941 zap1942 Sten-gun1949 to light up1967 slot1987 1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. ii. v. 280 There is..no conceivable justification..for Sten-gunning the representative of an international body. ˈSten-gunner n. a person who operates a Sten gun. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > machine-gun machine-gunner1888 chopper1929 tommy-gunner1932 Sten-gunner1961 1961 Times 8 Mar. 13/6 The Tunisian stengunners outside the luxury hotel: the Hiberno-Scandinavian-Afro-Asian chatter in the café below United Nations headquarters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1942
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