machine pistol
noun
: a small submachine gun with a pistol grip
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Deputies also allegedly found a MAC-10 machine pistol and a 9 mm handgun under the passenger seat. 
Jason Green, The Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2019 Among the guns seized from Cleveland’s home was a Glock Model 19, 9mm fully-automatic machine pistol with what’s called a drum magazine, according to Sax. oregonlive.com, 11 July 2019
Jason Green, The Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2019 Among the guns seized from Cleveland’s home was a Glock Model 19, 9mm fully-automatic machine pistol with what’s called a drum magazine, according to Sax. oregonlive.com, 11 July 2019 Word History
First Known Use
1940, in the meaning defined above
machine pistols
noun
as in machine guns
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- machine guns
- submachine guns
- assault rifles
- assault weapons
- tommy guns
- fieldpieces
- harquebuses
- culverins
- rifles
- carbines
- shotguns
- automatics
- muskets
- repeaters
- twenty-twos
- blunderbusses
- zip guns
- firelocks
- matchlocks
- flintlocks
- smoothbores
- breechloaders
- .22s
- arquebuses
- spearguns
- AK-47s
- small arms
- roscoes
- self-loaders
- pistols
- handguns
- semiautomatics
- guns
- firearms
- revolvers
- forty-fives
- derringers
- sidearms
- rods
- .45s
- gats
- pieces
- six-shooters
- arms
- six-guns
- heat
