Synonyms: automatic, automatic pistol
Definition: a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released
Similar words: automatic firearm, automatic gun, automatic weapon
Definition: a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released
Similar words: pistol, shooting iron, side arm, handgun
Definition: a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
Synonyms: automatic, automatic rifle, machine rifle
Definition: light machine gun
Similar words: automatic firearm, automatic gun, automatic weapon
Definition: a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released
Similar words: machine gun
Definition: a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted)
Synonyms: automatic
Definition: operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control
Usage: automatic transmission; a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts
Similar words: autoloading, self-loading, semiautomatic
Definition: (of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously
Usage: an autoloading rifle
Similar words: machine-controlled, machine-driven, automated
Definition: operated by automation
Usage: an automated stoker
Similar words: self-acting, self-activating, self-moving, self-regulating
Definition: designed to activate or move or regulate itself
Usage: a self-activating sprinkler system
Similar words: self-locking
Definition: locking automatically when closed
Similar words: self-winding
Definition: designed so that manual winding is unnecessary
Usage: a self-winding watch
Similar words: semiautomatic
Definition: partially automatic
Similar words: smart
Definition: capable of independent and apparently intelligent action
Usage: smart weapons
Synonyms: machinelike, automatic, automatonlike, robotic, robotlike
Definition: resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine
Usage: an automatic `thank you'; machinelike efficiency
Similar words: mechanical
Definition: using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
Usage: a mechanical process; his smile was very mechanical; a mechanical toy
Synonyms: automatic, reflex, reflexive
Definition: without volition or conscious control
Usage: the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light; a reflex knee jerk; sneezing is reflexive
Similar words: involuntary
Definition: controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control
Usage: involuntary muscles; gave an involuntary start