speed loader
noun1
Engineering, Firearms, Government, Military, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Politics, Tools, War, Weaponry A pressed metal (or plastic) clip, holding a set number of cartridges for a firearm, and used for rapid reloading of the weapon or its magazine.
- With a speed loader, a practiced user can dump and reload their revolver's cylinder surprisingly fast — even, in some cases, no slower than someone can swap magazines in a semiauto.
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Dated A software technique for loading programs (e.g. from cassette tape) more quickly than normally possible.
- Related terms
- autoloader, handloader, reloader