Definitions

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  • noun historical A member of a specific semi-nomadic Turkic people of central Asia.
  • adjective of or relating to the Pecheneg people or their language

Etymologies

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From Russian печенег (pečenég).

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Examples

  • The Pecheneg was the new Russian heavy machine gun.

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  • I aimed the Pecheneg high and gave him a burst that ripped his head apart.

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  • A big new shiny gun, the Pecheneg. The successor to the most successful rifle ever made—the AK-47.

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  • His finger slipped off the safety on the Pecheneg and he leaned on me.

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  • The three men were in black Bear jackets, carrying flashlights and huge Pecheneg machine guns.

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  • Harry recovered, raised his Pecheneg. Bridget got to the top of the stairs and shot at him twice.

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  • Scotchy fired the Pecheneg into the ground, a short two-second burst, but the noise and ricochets were terrifying.

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  • For the man standing there with the Pecheneg and the scarred throat and mangled mouth and patchy red hair and cadaverous cheeks was none other than my old long-deceased mate Scotchy Finn.

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  • Pecheneg rounds smacking off the steps in front of and behind me.

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  • I smacked Scotchy again as hard as I could and ripped the Pecheneg out of his grip.

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