adjective Date: 1853 not fully automatic: as, operated partly automatically and partly by hand, able to fire repeatedly but requiring release and another pressure of the trigger for each successive shot, ~ noun ~ally adverb
SEMIAUTOMATIC
Meaning of SEMIAUTOMATIC in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012