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quick fire

–noun
a single shot or several shots fired at a rapid rate from small arms at a target, esp. one presented unexpectedly.

Origin:
1890–95

quick-fire

[kwik-fahyuhr]
–adjective
firing or equipped for firing rapidly, esp. at moving targets.
Also, quick-firing.


Origin:
1890–95
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