actions

Noun

action (countable and uncountable, plural actions)

1. The effort of performing or doing something.
2. Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.

   Synonyms:

   deed

3. A way of motion or functioning.
   • Knead bread with a rocking action.
4. Fast-paced activity.
   • a movie full of exciting action
5. The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.
   • Pressing a piano key causes the action of the hammer on the string.
   1. The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked, and extracted from the mechanism.
      • pump-action shotgun

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