semi-automatic

Meaning

1. adjective Partially automatic.
2. adjective Of a firearm that automatically ejects a shell and loads the next one, but requires the trigger to be squeezed for each shot; autoloading.
3. noun A semi-automatic firearm, especially such a pistol.
4. noun A semi-automatic transmission.

Similar words

self-loading semijacketed semifunctional semi-complete semiselective semiclosed semiopaque semianalytical semiarticulated semicursive