| NOUN | artifact | slide action, pump action | action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun |
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| Meaning | action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun; a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round. | |
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| Synonym | pump action | |
| Part of | rifle | A shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore |
| shotgun, scattergun | firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges | |
| Broader | action, action mechanism | The operating part that transmits power to a mechanism |
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