magazine
45
9.0
- noun
- /ˈmæɡəˌzin/
- Specialized
:
cargador
- Never come to the firing range with the magazine in your pistol.
They had one AK and one magazine and they just emptied it.
- They had one AK and one magazine and they just emptied it.
- Oh, most important though, we now have a flush fit, a double stack, five round magazine.
- Although again, fairly reliable, fairly easy to use, simple grip, safety, magazine fed.
- So, like when he starts shooting, he's he's the first to shoot and he goes, it's jammed and the fucking magazine just falls out the bottom of his handgun.
- You know how to take cover, you know how to conceal yourself, you know how to change out a magazine when your pistol goes dry.
- I probably done that twice and the magazine was finished, threw the gun out the window as we were driving.
- We all know there's a lock back and you have to remove that magazine before you reload forward and get back in the fight.
Examples
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You know how to take cover, you know how to conceal yourself, you know how to change out a magazine when your pistol goes dry.
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Roger, take the magazine out of the gun.
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How to get the magazine onto the gun full of balls.
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Happens sometimes when they load the magazine.
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"Pushing all six bullets into the magazine proved more difficult than I expected."
Fiction book (1993) -
I could do this: insert magazine, pull back slide, lift, and sight.
Fiction book (1993) -
But pretty soon the magazine was empty, and I had to reload.
Fiction book (1992) -
I slide my one 1911 magazine into the pistol and put it in my paper bag.
Fiction book (1996) -
They had one AK and one magazine and they just emptied it.
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He changed the magazine in his rifle before heading into the shooting range.
Synonyms
A part that holds bullets and fits into a gun
Compounds
- Literature
14
2.6
A paper or online publication that reports and explains recent events, usually weekly
3
3.9
A magazine for people who work in a certain industry that gives news and advice
- Archaic
2
7.7
A cheap printed magazine on rough paper with colorful covers and exciting stories
- Archaic
A magazine printed on shiny good quality paper with many photos and bright design
How Many Rounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Magazine for a gun comes from the same Arabic word makhzan meaning 'store', because it is a small container that holds bullets. A gun magazine 'stores' and feeds bullets into the weapon. So a magazine in a firearm is the part that holds and supplies ammunition.