automatic pistol

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

automatic pistol
    n 1: a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone
         or the trigger is released [syn: {automatic pistol},
         {automatic}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Colt pistol \Colt pistol\ (Firearms)
   A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable
   magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil
   extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads
   ready for another shot. Called also {Browning pistol},
   {Colt-Browning pistol}, {automatic pistol} and {automatic}.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]