Semiautomatic (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. partly automatic.
  2. (of a firearm) automatically ejecting the cartridge case of a fired shot and loading the next cartridge from the magazine but requiring a squeeze of the trigger to fire each individual shot.
noun
  1. a self-loading rifle or other firearm.
adjective
  1. partly automatic
  2. (of a firearm) self-loading but firing only one shot at each pull of the trigger
noun
  1. a semiautomatic firearm
Semiautomatic (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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