Definitions for double-action

double-action dou·ble-ac·tion

Spelling: [duhb-uh l-ak-shuh n]
IPA: /ˈdʌb əlˈæk ʃən/

Double-Action is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 1623 anagrams from letters in double-action (-abcdeilnootu).

Definitions for double-action

adjective

  1. (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.

Origin of double-action

First recorded in 1850-55

Examples for double-action

The double-action feature in a revolver is of very little practical value.

One double-action folding machine will fold fifty sheets in a minute.

"Seems like what does get out by the chinks is sucked back agin by that there double-action flue," said Sam.

It was a double-action apparatus, made entirely of bamboo, except the pistons, which were of feathers.

I do not like a double-action revolver, except for a pocket one, as it cannot do accurate shooting when cocking with the trigger.

It is also more difficult to make the trigger pull smooth and short in double-action mechanisms.

The powerful, double-action pumps quickly ejected the water-ballast.

Even in rapid-fire shooting better results are obtained with a double-action arm if used as a single action.

That is, the hammer would have traveled back all the way, whether it was cocked or fired in a double-action manner.

A double-action force-pump is seen in Fig. 177, making an upward stroke.

Word Value for double-action
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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