pump gun

noun

1. a shotgun or rifle having a pump-action mechanism.

pump gun

noun

1. a repeating gun operated by a slide-action mechanism feeding ammunition from a magazine under the barrel into the breech

Word History and Origins

Origin of pump gun¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Three more charges in this elegant pump-gun, and all for you.

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Id like to run across something worth taking a crack at with my pump-gun.

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And so it came that Bluff was carrying another firearm than his favorite pump-gun.

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A much more serviceable gun to repel a counter-attack would be one firing buckshot like a pump-gun.

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He held a pump gun at his shoulder, the muzzle dominating the group.

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