Alternative form of double action

Alternative spelling of double action

(firearms, primarily of revolvers) Requiring only a trigger pull to both cock and fire.

(firearms) A trigger mechanism requiring a single pull to both cock and fire.

(slang) To succeed at seducing another person into sexual activity.

The hero of a work of fiction containing action, whose heroism typically includes participation in that action.

Full of action; dramatic and exciting.

(idiomatic) A portion of the monetary gains or other benefits produced by some venture or activity; a share of participation in a venture or activity.

(firearms, historical) An early form of breechloading firearm action, where the heavy breechblock tilted downwards across a bolt mounted in the rear of the breechblock, operated by a lever under the rifle.

Action by or originating in one's self or itself.