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Uzi

[ oo-zee ]

noun

plural Uzis.
  1. a compact 9 mm submachine gun of Israeli design.


Uzi

/ ˈːɪ /

noun

  1. a sub-machine gun of Israeli design
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Uzi1

First recorded in 1955–60; after Uzi(el) Gal, Israeli army officer who designed it
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Uzi1

C20: after Uziel Gal, the Israeli army officer who designed it
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A professor also showed BBC Panorama how he found someone within moments on Telegram who offered to ship an Uzi submachine gun to the UK for £850.

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Later reports claim that it might be further east, near a village called Uzi.

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Later, the TV put it farther east near the village of Uzi, but details remained contradictory.

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Cross said his family is participating “so that no other child will have to go through what Uzi did. No other parent should have to go through what we have.”

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A keynote speaker at rallies, Uzi Sharbav, was convicted of taking part in the murder of three Palestinians in the 1980s.

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