single-action

[ sing-guhl-ak-shuhn ]

/ ˈsɪŋ gəlˈæk ʃən /

adjective

(of a firearm) requiring the cocking of the hammer before firing each shot: a single-action revolver.

Origin of single-action

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby single-action

singing game, singing hinny, singing telegram, single, single-acting, single-action, single-barrel, single-blind, single bond, single-breasted, single-celled

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Example sentences from the Web for single-action

We're not talking hunting rifles here at all, or single-action handguns.
Obama's Guns Task Force|Michael Tomasky|December 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Keeled under-cars for planes: single-action detaching-gear, turning car into boat with one motion of the wrist.
With The Night Mail|Rudyard Kipling
When you pull back and it is in the notch, that is known as single-action firing.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
It is taken for granted in the above discussion, and also in the following, that the fly-caster uses a single-action reel.
Fishing with Floating Flies|Samuel G. Camp

On the contrary, single-action reels are made of rather numerous materials and certainly in varying degrees of desirability.
Fishing with Floating Flies|Samuel G. Camp
The reel should be a single-action click reel, the lighter the better, if well made.
Favorite Fish and Fishing|James Alexander Henshall

British Dictionary definitions for single-action

single-action

noun

(modifier) (of a firearm) requiring the hammer to be cocked by hand before firing

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	single-action
释义	single-action [ sing-guhl-ak-shuhn ] / ˈsɪŋ gəlˈæk ʃən / adjective (of a firearm) requiring the cocking of the hammer before firing each shot: a single-action revolver. Origin of single-action First recorded in 1850–55 Words nearby single-action singing game, singing hinny, singing telegram, single, single-acting, single-action, single-barrel, single-blind, single bond, single-breasted, single-celled Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for single-action We're not talking hunting rifles here at all, or single-action handguns. Obama's Guns Task Force\|Michael Tomasky\|December 19, 2012\|DAILY BEAST Keeled under-cars for planes: single-action detaching-gear, turning car into boat with one motion of the wrist. With The Night Mail\|Rudyard Kipling When you pull back and it is in the notch, that is known as single-action firing. Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)\|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy It is taken for granted in the above discussion, and also in the following, that the fly-caster uses a single-action reel. Fishing with Floating Flies\|Samuel G. Camp On the contrary, single-action reels are made of rather numerous materials and certainly in varying degrees of desirability. Fishing with Floating Flies\|Samuel G. Camp The reel should be a single-action click reel, the lighter the better, if well made. Favorite Fish and Fishing\|James Alexander Henshall British Dictionary definitions for single-action single-action noun (modifier) (of a firearm) requiring the hammer to be cocked by hand before firing Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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