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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 caps
  2. bump car
  3. bump cars
  4. bump down
  5. bump elbows
  6. bump fire
  7. bump fired
  8. bump fires
  9. bump firing
  10. bump in the road
  11. bump into

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