carbine

noun

Definition of carbinenext
as in rifle

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Recent Examples of carbine The Rip, from the director Joe Carnahan, is a cop drama where macho guys (and gals) tote carbine rifles and grunt law-enforcement lingo—the kind of crime-genre pablum that commonly gets thrown onto Netflix in mid-January. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026 Hale’s firearms included an AR-15 pistol, a semi-automatic AR pistol, a semi-automatic carbine rifle and a semi-automatic pistol. — John Miller, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025 Fresh off a surprise cosign from Aespa member Giselle, zayok is one of the leaders of an amorphous digital scene that includes gunk and sydney runner, whose music iterates on carbine-y wonkiness to form a new kind of balladry halfway between SoundCloud IDM, rap, and voice memo. — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 13 Mar. 2026 Set in the 1940s in fictional Hohman, Indiana, young Ralphie Parker dreams of nothing more than an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot Range Model air rifle for Christmas. — Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for carbine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carbine
  1. rifle
  2. shotgun
  3. musket
  4. machine gun
  5. smoothbore
  6. flintlock
  7. submachine gun
  8. machine pistol
Noun
  • McBride said Robinson's DNA was found on the towel and the rifle, and similar ammunition was found at his home.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • In subsequent messages included in charging documents, Robinson referenced engraving bullets and leaving his rifle wrapped in a towel.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Definition of rifle
Noun
  • The autopsy determined that Wiley's cause of death was a shotgun wound to the torso, according to Crump.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • In a photo from a court document, a 12-gauge shotgun is shown inside a Rocky Ford residence inhabited by Mario Rocha.
    — Logan Smith, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Definition of shotgun
Noun
  • The first battle is a bloodbath, with the men picked off by musket fire almost at random.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 July 2026
  • The new United States needed muskets, cannons, ammunition, uniforms, cloth, food and credit.
    — R. Grant Gilmore III, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
Definition of musket
Noun
  • In the lead-up to the election, white business owners had ordered a state-of-the-art machine gun that could fire more than four hundred rounds a minute.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
  • Pinpoint Where Value Is Being Lost Honestly, almost everyone is trying to kill an ant with a machine gun.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of machine gun
Noun
  • Both tanks mount 120-125 mm smoothbore cannons capable of engaging armored vehicles at long range.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026
  • At least three states — Hawaii, Ohio and North Dakota — treat a smoothbore musket the same as an AK-47 or AR-15.
    — Allen G. Breed, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Definition of smoothbore
Noun
  • Smoke billowed from his flintlock and Rhoades didn’t see where the buck ran after the shot.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Modern gun technologies are far, far more deadly than the one-shot flintlocks of the 18th century—shouldn’t that matter?
    — Robert J. Spitzer, Time, 6 June 2023
Definition of flintlock
Noun
  • On the roof, a three-year-old boy from Chile plays with a toy submachine gun, pointing it at anyone who comes within range.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Police learned Pyles owns a handgun and a submachine gun, according to charging documents.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Definition of submachine gun
Noun
  • One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.
    — Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN, 26 June 2024
  • Deputies also allegedly found a MAC-10 machine pistol and a 9 mm handgun under the passenger seat.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2019
Definition of machine pistol

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“Carbine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carbine. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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