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Meaning of "sub-machine-gun" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SUB-MACHINE-GUN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUB-MACHINE-GUN

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Sub-Machine-Gun is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SUB-MACHINE-GUN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sub-machine-gun in the English dictionary

The definition of sub-machine-gun in the dictionary is a portable automatic or semiautomatic light gun with a short barrel, firing pistol ammunition: designed to be fired from the hip or shoulder.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUB-MACHINE-GUN

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sub judice
sub rosa
sub-branch
sub-clause
sub-entry
sub-frame
sub-librarian
sub-machine gun
sub-menu
sub-post office
sub-postmaster
sub-postmistress
sub-Saharan
sub-Saharan Africa
sub-surface
sub.
suba
subabbot
subabdominal

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUB-MACHINE-GUN

air gun
BB gun
begun
gun
handgun
jump the gun
machine gun
Ogun
paint gun
pellet gun
sawed-off shotgun
sawn-off shotgun
scatter-gun
shogun
shotgun
six-gun
smoking gun
spray gun
squirt gun
Thompson sub-machine-gun

Synonyms and antonyms of sub-machine-gun in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sub-machine-gun» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUB-MACHINE-GUN

Find out the translation of sub-machine-gun to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sub-machine-gun from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sub-machine-gun» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

子机枪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sub - ametralladora
570 millions of speakers

English

sub-machine-gun
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उप मशीनगन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شبه آلة بندقية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

суб - пулемет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sub- metralhadora
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বয়ংক্রিয় বন্দুক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sous- mitrailleuse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sub-machine-gun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Maschinengewehr
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サブマシンガン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

서브 기관총
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sub-machine-gun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiểu súng máy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துணைஇயந்திர துப்பாக்கி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उप-मशीन-तोफा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hafif makineli tüfek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sub-machine -gun
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sub-machine -gun
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

суб- кулемет
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sub- mitralieră
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπο - πολυβόλο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sub - masjiengeweer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sub -machine -gun
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sub - maskingevær
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sub-machine-gun

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUB-MACHINE-GUN»

The term «sub-machine-gun» is normally little used and occupies the 110.812 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUB-MACHINE-GUN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sub-machine-gun

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUB-MACHINE-GUN»

Discover the use of sub-machine-gun in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sub-machine-gun and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sub-Machine Gun: The Development of Sub-Machine Guns and ...
In this book, weapons experts Maxim Popenker and Anthony Williams present a study of the development of the sub-machine gun and its ammunition, before undertaking a country-by-country survey of the weapons designed, built and used across ...
M. R. Popenker, Anthony G. Williams, 2012
2
The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II
The sub-machine gun was born out of the trenches of World War I. In the confined close-quarter fighting troops began to feel the need for some form of compact automatic weapon that would be less awkward to handle than a bayonetted rifle.
Chris Bishop, 2002
3
War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay : the Story of ...
Allied Sub-Machine Guos 1 British Sten Mk II 9mm sub-machine gun. The name STEN is derived from the first letters of the names of the men who developed it, RV Sheppard (S), and H.J. Turpin (T), and the company who fabricated it: Enfield  ...
Bernard C. Nalty, 1999
4
New Illustrated Guide to Modern Rifles & Sub-Machine Guns
Describes rifles, carbines, and submachine guns, and recounts their histories and battle records
Frederick Myatt, Gerard Ridefort, 1992
5
World War II Infantry Tactics: Squad and Platoon
In these, although there were still nine men to the squad, these were either 'rifle' or 'sub-machine gun' squads. In the rifle squads the armament remained the same as previously, while SMG squads were supposed to be armed entirely with  ...
Stephen Bull, 2004
6
The Social History of the Machine Gun
Somme, 132-9; as cause of brutalisation, 142-5; advent of Thompson sub- machine gun, 149-52; use in gangster warfare, 152- 60; in films, 162-7; advent of tanks spells decline of importance, 167-9; lack of technology held back development, ...
John Ellis, 1986
7
The Gun that Changed the World
The need for even smaller, lighter weapons led to the deployment of the sub- machine gun, in operation from 1915 and widely used by the Germans at the end of the war. The problem with the sub-machine gun was its lack of accuracy and ...
Mikhail Kalashnikov, 2006
8
SAS Ultimate Guide to Combat
Because ofthe stock and longer barrel you will achieve more accuracy than a pistol but so far as I can see the only time a sub-machine gun has anything over any other available weapon would be a rapid burst offire from a team ofbodyguards ...
Robert Stirling
9
The Art of antiWAR (paradoxistInstruction Notebooks of ...
... helmet, knapsack, binocular, compass, a trigger of the foot grenades launcher A67; a trigger for the sub-machine gun, - top-ranking – sub-machine gun and all the necessary material for the trigger of the sub-machine gun; 5 gunmen - Bern ...
Florentin Smarandache, 2008
10
Bolt Action: Armies of Italy and the Axis
Cost: Artillery Forward Observer 100pts (Regular), 115pts (Veteran) Team: 1 Forward Observer and up to 2further men Weapons: Pistol, sub-machine gun, or rifle as depicted on the models Options: t The observer may be accompanied by up ...
‎2014

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« EDUCALINGO. Sub-Machine-Gun [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sub-machine-gun-1>. Apr 2024 ».
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