Does Semiautomatic Have a Hyphen?

One example: semi-automatic A firearm that fires only once for each pull of the trigger. ... The form: a semi-automatic rifle, a semi-automatic weapon, a semi-automatic pistol. The hyphen is an exception to general guidance against hyphenating words formed with semi-.

Is semiautomatic a word?

partly automatic. (of a firearm) automatically ejecting the cartridge case of a fired shot and loading the next cartridge from the magazine but requiring a squeeze of the trigger to fire each individual shot.

What is the definition of semiautomatic?

a : operated partly automatically and partly by hand. b of a firearm : able to fire repeatedly through an automatic reloading process but requiring release and another pressure of the trigger for each successive shot a semiautomatic rifle.