Definitions for automatic

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automatic au·to·mat·ic

Spelling: [aw-tuh-mat-ik]

IPA: /ˌɔ təˈmæt ɪk/

Automatic is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 217 anagrams from letters in automatic (aacimottu).

Definitions for automatic

noun

1. a machine that operates automatically.
2. automatic rifle.
3. automatic pistol.
4. Football. audible (def 2).
5. automatic pilot.
6. automatic transmission.
7. an automobile equipped with automatic transmission.
8. a machine that operates automatically.
9. automatic rifle.
10. automatic pistol.
11. Football. audible (def 2).
12. automatic pilot.
13. automatic transmission.
14. an automobile equipped with automatic transmission.

Idioms

1. on automatic, being operated or controlled by or as if by an automatic device.
2. on automatic, being operated or controlled by or as if by an automatic device.

adjective

1. having the capability of starting, operating, moving, etc., independently:
2. Physiology. occurring independently of volition, as certain muscular actions; involuntary.
3. done unconsciously or from force of habit; mechanical:
4. occurring spontaneously:
5. (of a firearm, pistol, etc.) utilizing the recoil or part of the force of the explosive to eject the spent cartridge shell, introduce a new cartridge, cock the arm, and fire it repeatedly.
6. having the capability of starting, operating, moving, etc., independently:
7. Physiology. occurring independently of volition, as certain muscular actions; involuntary.
8. done unconsciously or from force of habit; mechanical:
9. occurring spontaneously:
10. (of a firearm, pistol, etc.) utilizing the recoil or part of the force of the explosive to eject the spent cartridge shell, introduce a new cartridge, cock the arm, and fire it repeatedly.

Origin of automatic

1740-50; Greek autómat(os) self-moving (see automaton) + -ic

Examples for automatic

At last, with a shake of the head, we consented to get into the automatic carriage.

Hovering above the scene, commandos in helicopters were poised with automatic rifles.

Instead we heard the crackle of automatic gunfire and we could see gray smoke rising from the eastern side of the town.

He stopped, whirled, automatic thrusting its blue nose forward.

The automatic dropped from his hand, and he crimped up like a stuck grubworm.

Hilary's hand went to the butt of the automatic within his blouse.

The low crunch of packed dirt against rubber tire was overwhelmed by the ragged explosions of automatic gunfire.

Wheatstone was knighted in 1868, after his completion of the automatic telegraph.

A little girl was given an automatic weapon to play with this week.

He now stands in the self-proclaimed caliphate, also holding a child as well as an automatic weapon.

At last, with a shake of the head, we consented to get into the automatic carriage.

Hovering above the scene, commandos in helicopters were poised with automatic rifles.

Instead we heard the crackle of automatic gunfire and we could see gray smoke rising from the eastern side of the town.

He stopped, whirled, automatic thrusting its blue nose forward.

The automatic dropped from his hand, and he crimped up like a stuck grubworm.

Hilary's hand went to the butt of the automatic within his blouse.

The low crunch of packed dirt against rubber tire was overwhelmed by the ragged explosions of automatic gunfire.

Wheatstone was knighted in 1868, after his completion of the automatic telegraph.

A little girl was given an automatic weapon to play with this week.

He now stands in the self-proclaimed caliphate, also holding a child as well as an automatic weapon.