Definitions for single-action

single-action sin·gle-ac·tion

Spelling: [sing-guh l-ak-shuh n]
IPA: /ˈsɪŋ gəlˈæk ʃən/

Single-Action is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 1809 anagrams from letters in single-action (-acegiilnnost).

Definitions for single-action

adjective

  1. (of a firearm) requiring the cocking of the hammer before firing each shot:

Origin of single-action

First recorded in 1850-55

Examples for single-action

It is a very reliable weapon indeed, balances better than the single-action model, and possesses great smashing power.

It is taken for granted in the above discussion, and also in the following, that the fly-caster uses a single-action reel.

When you pull back and it is in the notch, that is known as single-action firing.

A light, single-action click reel of German silver or aluminum of fifty or sixty yards' capacity is the best.

Moreover he was a wonderful shot with his rifle and deadly quick with a single-action revolver.

On the contrary, single-action reels are made of rather numerous materials and certainly in varying degrees of desirability.

The reel should be a single-action click reel, the lighter the better, if well made.

Keeled under-cars for planes: single-action detaching-gear, turning car into boat with one motion of the wrist.

Unlike the single-action bee, whose barbed sting can be used but once, the hornet is a repeater.

We're not talking hunting rifles here at all, or single-action handguns.

Word Value for single-action
Scrable

7

Words with friends

10

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