ATF

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ATF

proper noun

  1. US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives). According to the ATF, gun makers began cranking out 2.4 million rifles annually in Obama’s first term – a 52 percent increase from the previous four years of the Bush administration.

noun ATFs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of automatic transmission fluid Holonyms: automatic transmission < motor vehicle < vehicle
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of aviation turbine fuel: jet fuel.
  3. US, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of advanced tactical fighter
  4. US, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of auxiliary tugboat fleet; a naval fleet tugboat, a fleet tug that can keep up with a fleet on operations

phrase

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of as trustee for

phrase

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of after the fact

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Closest in meaning: fco, dea, fta, gtc, tpa, atc, cwg, acf, replacement, fluid, aft, fuel, clearance, apt, filter, oil

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@misc{atf_2026,
  title = {ATF},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/atf},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}