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    PUMP ACTION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun; a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new roundplay

    Synonyms:

    pump action; slide action

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("pump action" is a kind of...):

    action; action mechanism (the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism)

    Holonyms ("pump action" is a part of...):

    rifle (a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore)

    scattergun; shotgun (firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges)

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