AK-47

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian АК-47 (AK-47), shortened from автома́т Кала́шникова 1947 (avtomát Kalášnikova 1947) (Kalachnikov's automatic rifle), from the name of the designer Mikhail Kalashnikov.

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Noun

AK-47 (plural AK-47s)

  1. The Soviet-built 1947 Kalashnikov assault rifle or any similar rifle built to this design.
    • 1997, Quentin Tarantino, Jackie Brown, spoken by Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson):
      Here we go. AK-47. The very best there is. When you absolutely, positively got to kill every motherfucker in the room, accept no substitutes.
  2. A large South African sandwich; a kind of gatsby.

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Noun

AK-47 f (plural AK-47 or AKs-47 or AK-47s)

  1. AK-47 (the Soviet-built 1947 Kalashnikov assault rifle)
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