AK-47

noun

ˈā-ˈkā-ˌfȯr-tē-ˈse-vᵊn 

: a Soviet-designed 7.62 mm (.30 cal.) gas-operated magazine-fed rifle for automatic or semiautomatic fire

Examples of AK-47 in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the first attack, eight gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles and pistols opened fire at a bar southwest of Johannesburg late Saturday. — Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

In the first attack, eight gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles and pistols opened fire at a bar near Johannesburg late on Saturday. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

In 2022, an Azerbaijani man armed with an AK-47 arrived at the Brooklyn home of an Iranian American activist, Masih Alinejad, with orders to kill her. — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026

Beijing followed up by donating 10,000 AK-47s to the Ecuadorean armed forces. — Natalia Cote-Muñoz, Foreign Affairs, 3 Aug. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Russian avtomat Kalashnikova 1947 Kalashnikov automatic rifle of 1947

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above