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Uzi

Uzi

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A small automatic gun that fires many bullets quickly, used by police and soldiers
  • noun
  • /ˈuːzi/
: Uzi
  • The officer aimed his Uzi carefully while securing the area.
  • Uzi submachine gun
  • Uzi submachine
  • automatic Uzi

I've got in the back of the bike and I've got the Uzi.

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Examples

  • MAN 2: That's a Uzi, full-auto Uzi with a 25-round magazine.

    White Boy Rick (2018)

  • Zoey starts firing the Uzi but can't control it.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Is that really what an Uzi looks like from this end?

    Fiction book (2001)

  • When he did, somebody with an Uzi was waiting for him.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The guy with the Uzi wants me to join his gang.

    Angel Town (1990)

  • I'm coming back for that Uzi too.

    Set It Off (1996)

  • This is an Uzi, semi-automatic firing weapon.

    House II: The Second Story (1987)

  • The goon, hit in the arm, pulls an Uzi and returns fire.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Trivas lowers his Uzi and rolls into the last bedroom to escape.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Billy's face twisted in calculation, and then he put the Uzi down and shrugged his shoulders.

    Fiction book (1998)

Surface Forms

Uzi singular
Uzis plural

Etymology

The word Uzi comes from the gun's designer, Uziel, and that Hebrew name comes from oz, which means 'strength'. So the name suggests 'strength' and fits a small but powerful submachine gun.