quick fire
a single shot or several shots fired at a rapid rate from small arms at a target, especially one presented unexpectedly.
Origin of quick fire
1Other definitions for quick-fire (2 of 2)
firing or equipped for firing rapidly, especially at moving targets.
Origin of quick-fire
2- Also quick-fir·ing [kwik-fahyuhr-ing] /ˈkwɪkˈfaɪər ɪŋ/ .
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How to use quick fire in a sentence
Hitchens, by contrast, wrote journalism and quick-fire columns and was not averse to using cliché or ready-made formulation.
One of them hauled a hollow maple log out of the dbris and threw it to one side as being too heavy for a quick fire.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh PendexterOne sprang to chop a dry spruce log into fuel for a quick fire, and fell a harder tree to keep us warm through the night.
Little Rivers | Henry van DykeA quick fire of interrogation volleyed at the three recruits, especially at Max.
A Soldier of the Legion | C. N. WilliamsonA quick fire, built inside, heats it thoroughly, after which water is thrown upon the hot stones to produce steam.
In Indian Mexico (1908) | Frederick Starr
They are then wrapped up in buttered paper and broiled on a quick fire.
British Dictionary definitions for quick fire
rapid continuous gunfire, esp at a moving target
Also: quick-firing capable of or designed for quick fire
informal rapid or following one another in rapid succession: quick-fire questions
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