machine pistol

noun

1. a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.

Word History and Origins

Origin of machine pistol¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Behind the rising blanket, they saw bin Laden scrambling for an AKSU machine pistol.

From The Daily Beast

The other gunman sprayed the store with a .45 caliber MAC-10 machine pistol, emptying the 30-round clip in a few seconds.

From The Daily Beast

Clay came forward, saw the machine pistol on his seat and strapped it on without a word.

From Project Gutenberg

He hauled a Schmeisser machine pistol from under his coat and slipped a clip in.

From Project Gutenberg