Kalashnikov
noun/kəˈlæʃnɪkɒf/
/kəˈlɑːʃnɪkɑːf/
- a type of rifle (= a long gun) that can fire bullets very quicklyTopics War and conflictc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryKalashnikov is used before these nouns:
- rifle
Word Origin1970s: named after Mikhail T. Kalashnikov (born 1919), the Russian designer of the weapons.Want to learn more?
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