Sten gun
/stɛn
/noun
A type of lightweight British sub-machine gun.He had his Mauser rifle slung over his shoulder and I had my Sten gun ready....
- Out of frustration, he fired a few bursts of automatic fire from his Sten gun into the air.
- The following British infantry mopped up what was left of us and I reached for the sky when I found myself looking at the wrong end of a Sten gun pointed at me by a British Tommy.
Origin
1940s: from the initials of the inventors' surnames, Shepherd and Turpin, suggested by Bren.
- operatable
- operate
- operatee
- operatic
- operatical
- operatically
- operatics
- operating budget
- operating crew
- operating instructions
- operating manual
- operating profit
- operating room
- operating system
- operating table
- operating theatre
- operating voltage
- operation
- operational
- operational amplifier
- operational area
- operational expenditure
- operationalisable
- operationalisation
- operationalise