submachine gun

See also: submachinegun

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ machine gun.

Noun

submachine gun (plural submachine guns)

1. A type of short range machine gun that is carried as a personal weapon and uses pistol ammunition.

   Bare-chested children and their parents gathered in doorways, on roofs and in windows as he passed, watched warily by Brazilian troops carrying submachine guns. - New York Times, 09/03/2007 [1]

Synonyms

• machine pistol
• SMG (abbreviation)
• trench broom
• chopper

Hyponyms

• Chicago typewriter
• Thompson submachine gun
• Tommy gun

Related terms

• machine carbine
• machine pistol
• machine rifle
• machine gun

Translations

short range machine gun

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 衝鋒槍／冲锋枪 (zh) (chōngfēngqiāng), 冲锋枪 (zh) (chōngfēngqiāng)

• Czech: samopal (cs) m
• Finnish: konepistooli (fi)
• French: mitraillette (fr) f, pistolet mitrailleur (fr) m, PM (fr) m
• German: Maschinenpistole (de) f
• Greek: υποπολυβόλο n (ypopolyvólo)
• Icelandic: hríðskotabyssa (is) f
• Irish: fo-mheaisínghunna m
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• Japanese: 短機関銃 (ja) (たんきかんじゅう, tankikanjū), サブマシンガン (sabumashingan)
• Korean: 기관단총 (ko) (gigwandanchong)
• Manx: fo-vasheengunn m
• Polish: pistolet maszynowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: submetralhadora f
• Russian: автома́т (ru) m (avtomát), пистоле́т-пулемёт (ru) m (pistolét-pulemjót)
• Slovak: samopal m
• Spanish: pistola ametralladora f
• Swedish: kulsprutepistol c, kpist (sv) c
• Thai: ปืนกลมือ (bpʉʉn-gon-mʉʉ)

See also

• assault rifle
• automatic rifle