rapid fire
a rate of firing small arms that is intermediate between slow fire and quick fire.
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Other definitions for rapid-fire (2 of 2)
characterized by, delivered, or occurring in rapid succession: rapid-fire questions; rapid-fire events.
Military. discharging in rapid fire: rapid-fire rifles.
discharging, operating, etc., at a rate more rapid than normal: a rapid-fire staple gun.
Origin of rapid-fire
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How to use rapid fire in a sentence
Our Book Club members are always looking for new recommendations, so we have a few rapid fire questions for you on your favorite books.
The show offers no cathartic “gotcha” moments, no easy answers, and no rapid-fire dialogue.
There are no cathartic ‘gotcha’ moments, no easy answers, and no rapid-fire dialogue.
All the rapid fire no doubt jangles his neighbors on North Happ Road in the leafy village of Northfield.
Here, he riffs on his rapid-fire style, why politics is as funny as ever, and more.
Mixed in with his rapid-fire prophecies are plenty of provocative assessments of the present.
Welcome to Tyler Cowen’s Future of Genius Machines | Robert Herritt | September 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe men who remained behind had a command to keep up a rapid fire over the enemy trenches which would lend us some cover.
Private Peat | Harold R. Peat"No more do I. I'm getting dizzy over all this rapid-fire business," added the lad.
The Pony Rider Boys in Texas | Frank Gee PatchinThrough their night-glasses they saw a picket boat with rapid-fire guns lying close in the shadows of the shore.
Historic Adventures | Rupert S. HollandWith a rapid-fire gun to reply the Merrimac might have demolished the other boat in half a minute, but she had no such equipment.
Historic Adventures | Rupert S. HollandSchlesinger spoke very little English, and Clemens always had difficulty in comprehending rapid-fire German.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow Paine
British Dictionary definitions for rapid fire
a fast rate of gunfire
firing shots rapidly
denoting medium-calibre mounted guns designed for rapid fire
done, delivered, or occurring in rapid succession
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