autofire
autofire noun: a feature on a joystick or gamepad that permits automatic firing, as though the player were repeatedly pressing the fire button.
Noun
autofire (uncountable)
- A feature on a joystick or gamepad that permits automatic firing, as though the player were repeatedly pressing the fire button.
- You start off with just seven clips of ammo and five grenades — so all you autofire merchants are in trouble. Only real soldiers, with an accurate eye and careful trigger finger need apply here.1988, Operation Wolf (review), Crash issue 59 (December 1988)
- High-speed autofire and a choice of two joystick sizes are featured.1989 October, Popular Mechanics, volume 166, number 10
- A feature that allows a weapon to fire automatically.
Verb
autofire (third-person singular simple present autofires, present participle autofiring, simple past and past participle autofired)
- To fire automatically.
Forms of autofire
| third-person singular present | autofires |
|---|---|
| present participle | autofiring |
| past participle | autofired |
| past | autofired |
Origin of autofire
From auto- + fire.
Questions about autofire
- What does autofire mean?
- Autofire means a feature on a joystick or gamepad that permits automatic firing, as though the player were repeatedly pressing the fire button.
- What part of speech is autofire?
- Autofire can be a noun or a verb.
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