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pump-action

adjective
adjective
BrE BrE//ˈpʌmp ækʃn//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈpʌmp ækʃn//
[only before noun]
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(of a gun or other device) worked by quickly pulling or pressing part of it in and out or up and down a pump-action shotgun a pump-action spray Oxford Collocations DictionaryPump-action is used with these nouns: shotgun See full entry
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