noun
- Light machine gun.
- synonyms: automatic rifle, machine rifle
- A pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released.
- synonyms: automatic pistol
adjective
- Operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control.
- usage: "automatic transmission"; "a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts"
- Resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine.
- usage: "an automatic `thank you'"; "machinelike efficiency"
- synonyms: automatonlike, machinelike, robotlike, robotic
- Without volition or conscious control.
- usage: "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive"