Thompson submachine gun

English

General Thompson holding his eponymous submachine gun, with a stick magazine

Etymology

From Thompson +‎ submachine gun. Named after John Taliaferro Thompson, an American army officer.

Noun

Thompson submachine gun (plural Thompson submachine guns)

1. A .45-caliber American submachine gun, having a wooden stock and a drum, stick, or box magazine.

Synonyms

• Chicago typewriter
• chopper
• Tommy gun
• Thompson SMG
• trench broom

Hypernyms

• .45
• submachine gun
• machine gun
• gun

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Tommy gun
• Thompson SMG

Related terms

Related terms

• submachine gun
• machine gun
• gun
• sub-
• machine
• submachine
• Thompson

Translations

.45-caliber American submachine gun

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 湯普森衝鋒槍／汤普森冲锋枪 (Tāngpǔsēn chōngfēngqiāng)

• Finnish: Thompson-konepistooli (fi)
• Manx: fo-vasheengunn m
• Russian: пистоле́т-пулемёт То́мпсона m (pistolét-pulemjót Tómpsona), То́мми-га́н m (Tómmi-gán)