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pump-ac⋅tion

[puhmp-ak-shuhn]
–adjective
(of a shotgun or rifle) having an action that extracts the empty case, loads, and cocks the piece by means of a hand-operated lever that slides backward and forward; slide-action.

Origin:
1910–15, Americanism
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pump action

noun
action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun; a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round 
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