AK-47

UK/ˌeɪ.keɪ.fɔː.tiˈsɛv.ən/

noun

The Soviet-built 1947 Kalashnikov assault rifle or any similar rifle built to this design.

Meanings

nounAK-47 (plural AK-47s)

plural AK-47s · alternative AK47

  1. The Soviet-built 1947 Kalashnikov assault rifle or any similar rifle built to this design.

    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.

    1997, Quentin Tarantino, Jackie Brown, spoken by Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson)
    1 more example

    Iraqi security forces will start replacing their AK-47 rifles this year with the M-16s and M-4s used by U.S. troops, which will help track the weapons and cut down on theft, a senior U.S. military official said. […] The AK-47s handed in would then be registered in the database before being redistributed to new units formed as Iraq takes over security control from U.S.-led forces, he said.

    2007 August 9, “M-16s a step forward for Iraqi forces, says US”, in Reuters
  2. A large South African sandwich; a kind of gatsby.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. RussianАК-47
  2. EnglishAK-47

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

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Translations

Arabic إيه كيه-47
  • إيه كيه-47Kalashnikov assault rifle
French AK-47
  • AK-47Kalashnikov assault rifle
Japanese エーケー47
  • エーケー47 (ē-kē-47)Kalashnikov assault rifle
Persian اک ۴۷
  • اک ۴۷ (ak 47)Kalashnikov assault rifle
Portuguese AK-47
  • AK-47Kalashnikov assault rifle
Romanian AK-47, kalașnikov
  • AK-47Kalashnikov assault rifle
  • kalașnikovKalashnikov assault rifle
Russian АК-47, автома́т Кала́шникова
  • АК-47 (AK-47)Kalashnikov assault rifle
  • автома́т Кала́шникова (avtomát Kalášnikova)Kalashnikov assault rifle
Swedish AK-47, kalasjnikov
  • AK-47Kalashnikov assault rifle
  • kalasjnikovKalashnikov assault rifle
Turkish AK-47, keleş
  • AK-47Kalashnikov assault rifle
  • keleşKalashnikov assault rifle
  • kalaşnikovKalashnikov assault rifle
Cite this entry
APA

AK-47. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AK-47

MLA

“AK-47.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AK-47. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “AK-47,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AK-47.

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