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
On each of the platforms D and E two 4.7-inch quick-firing guns appeared to be rocking slightly in the wind.
The Secret of the League | Ernest BramahThe braid is doubled on itself, and a large, quick-firing fuse inserted, and the whole is bound with a fine thread.
Pom-pom, pom-pom, n. the name given to a one-pounder quick-firing shell gun, from its sound.
Here and there were revolving steel turrets, each containing a quick-firing gun.
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 4 (of 10) | James Edward ParrottIn these days of quick-firing guns and the terrible shells, the chances a fellow has of coming back home are mighty small.
Motor Boat Boys Down the Danube | Louis Arundel
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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