Uzin.
/ˈuːzi/, U.S. /ˈuzi/ Used attributively or absol. to designate an Israeli type of sub-machine gun designed by Uziel Gal.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > machine-gun > sub-machine-gun > types of
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1959 E. O'Ballance Sinai Campaign ii. 73 The personal small arms of the man was either the Mauser rifle or the Uzi sub-machine-gun.
1959 E. O'Ballance Sinai Campaign ii. 73 The Uzi is one of the finest guns of this type I have ever handled.
1966 L. Davidson Long Way to Shiloh xi. 156 Too many men and too many Uzzis which were much too easy to fire.
1971 Scope (S. Afr.) 19 Mar. 17/2 A loaded Uzzi sub-machine~gun..is always within reach.
1971 Scope (S. Afr.) 19 Mar. 22/1 The Uzzi..fires a clip of 9 mm bullets in double-quick time and is accurate up to 100 metres.
1976 G. Seymour Glory Boys viii. 94 Two other young men, both of whom had been issued with licences..to carry Uzi sub-machine-guns.
1981 C. R. Lajeunesse Dead Man Running lxii. 177 Cyril was cut in two by bullets from Weasel's Uzi.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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