Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various compact submachine guns having a caliber of 9 millimeters, originally designed in Israel in the 1950s.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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“The Uzi is a good weapon,” Antonio said, looking at Father Juan.
Crusade Nancy Holder 2010
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You even have the original Uzi in the book -- the man called Uzi that all Uzis are named after.
Dangerous Liaisons 1991
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That's right although he praised the SCOTUS for overturning the DC hand gun ban, the NRA is making a big deal about Obama voting for a ban on guns such as Uzi's and AK's.
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One writer says that as the 'Uzi' they were found on the banks of the Danube at the end of the eleventh century; others say they entered Moldo-Wallachia about
Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson
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Each of the PPS's twenty-seven levels is patrolled by no-nonsense armed guards, former officers in the Russian Secret Service, each of whom carries an Uzi, mace, flares, handcuffs, a stun gun, and is accompanied by a trained attack dog that has not been fed for at least twelve hours.
Mark C. Miller: Your Introduction to the World's Most State-of-the-Art Parking Structure Mark C. Miller 2010
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Kherchtou trained on a variety of automatic rifles, including the AK-47, M-16, and Uzi.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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Cabinet member Uzi Landau of the Yisrael Beitenu party: Only those who have a problem with the very existence of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state might have a problem there.
Proposed Loyalty Oath Stirs Anger of Israeli-Arab Minority 2010
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At 11. 20am, masked police cradling Uzi-style machine guns burst into the HQ of Russia's National Reserve Bank.
Alexander Lebedev's office raided by masked police Luke Harding 2010
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Cabinet member Uzi Landau of the Yisrael Beitenu party: Only those who have a problem with the very existence of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state might have a problem there.
Proposed Loyalty Oath Stirs Anger of Israeli-Arab Minority 2010
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Each of the PPS's twenty-seven levels is patrolled by no-nonsense armed guards, former officers in the Russian Secret Service, each of whom carries an Uzi, mace, flares, handcuffs, a stun gun, and is accompanied by a trained attack dog that has not been fed for at least twelve hours.
Mark C. Miller: Your Introduction to the World's Most State-of-the-Art Parking Structure Mark C. Miller 2010
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