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pump action

pump action noun: a type of firearm action that uses a sliding handgrip to cycle the mechanism.

Noun

pump action (plural pump actions)

  1. A type of firearm action that uses a sliding handgrip to cycle the mechanism.
    Synonyms:
    slide action

Synonyms of pump action

Forms of pump action

pluralpump actions

Words formed from pump action

Questions about pump action

What does pump action mean?
Pump action means a type of firearm action that uses a sliding handgrip to cycle the mechanism.
What part of speech is pump action?
Pump action is a noun.
What is the plural of pump action?
The plural of pump action is pump actions.

Words near pump action in the dictionary

  1. pummels
  2. pummice
  3. Pummill
  4. Pummills
  5. pump
  6. pump action
  7. pump actions
  8. pump and dump
  9. pump and dumps
  10. pump and jump
  11. pump and jumps

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