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bump-fire

bump-fire is the alternative form of bumpfire.

Meaning of bumpfire

Noun

bumpfire (uncountable)

  1. A method of firing semi-automatic firearms which uses recoil forces to "bump" the trigger finger, in order to significantly increase the cyclic rate.

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Forms of bump-fire

third-person singular presentbump-fires
present participlebump-firing
past participlebump-fired
pastbump-fired

Questions about bump-fire

What is bump-fire the alternative form of?
Bump-fire is the alternative form of bumpfire.

Words near bump-fire in the dictionary

  1. bump supper
  2. bump suppers
  3. bump uglies
  4. bump up
  5. bump-and-grind
  6. bump-fire
  7. bump-fired
  8. bump-fires
  9. bump-firing
  10. bump-in
  11. bump-ins

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