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muzzle sweep

muzzle sweep verb: to carelessly point a firearm at / across non-targets in a sweeping manner. It is a violation of muzzle discipline.

Verb

muzzle sweep (third-person singular simple present muzzle sweeps, present participle muzzle sweeping, simple past and past participle muzzle swept)

  1. To carelessly point a firearm at / across non-targets in a sweeping manner. It is a violation of muzzle discipline.

Forms of muzzle sweep

third-person singular presentmuzzle sweeps
present participlemuzzle sweeping
past participlemuzzle swept
pastmuzzle swept

Questions about muzzle sweep

What does muzzle sweep mean?
Muzzle sweep means to carelessly point a firearm at / across non-targets in a sweeping manner. It is a violation of muzzle discipline.
What part of speech is muzzle sweep?
Muzzle sweep is a verb.
What is the past tense of muzzle sweep?
The past tense of muzzle sweep is muzzle swept.

Words near muzzle sweep in the dictionary

  1. muzzle brakes
  2. muzzle compensator
  3. muzzle compensators
  4. muzzle energies
  5. muzzle energy
  6. muzzle sweep
  7. muzzle sweeping
  8. muzzle sweeps
  9. muzzle swept
  10. muzzle velocities
  11. muzzle velocity

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