gas-operated

[ gas-op-uh-rey-tid ]

adjective

1. (of a firearm) using some of the exhaust gases to operate the action.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gas-operated¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

It is of the heavy type, gas operated, air cooled, and belt fed.

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It is a gas-operated gun, something like the Colt, and it is air-cooled.

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The Skoda gun, some of which type are used in Japan and China, is loaded by a hopper feed, and is gas-operated.

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This gun is of a heavy type, air-cooled, gas-operated, and fed from either a strip holding 30 cartridges or a metallic link belt.

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It is also fitted with a fog bell struck automatically by a gas operated mechanism.

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