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hangfire

hangfire is the alternative form of hang fire.

Meaning of hang fire

Noun

hang fire (plural hang fires)

  1. The situation when a gun does not immediately fire when the trigger is pulled, but may fire shortly after.

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Forms of hangfire

pluralhangfires

Questions about hangfire

What is hangfire the alternative form of?
Hangfire is the alternative form of hang fire.

Words near hangfire in the dictionary

  1. hangest
  2. hangeth
  3. hangeul
  4. hangeulisation
  5. hangeulization
  6. hangfire
  7. hangfires
  8. Hanggin
  9. Hangha
  10. Hanghang
  11. hangi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hangfire (page history and authors); hang fire (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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