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muzzle swept

muzzle swept is the simple past and past participle of muzzle sweep.

Meaning of muzzle sweep

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.

Questions about muzzle swept

What is muzzle swept the simple past and past participle of?
Muzzle swept is the simple past and past participle of muzzle sweep.

Words near muzzle swept in the dictionary

  1. muzzle energies
  2. muzzle energy
  3. muzzle sweep
  4. muzzle sweeping
  5. muzzle sweeps
  6. muzzle swept
  7. muzzle velocities
  8. muzzle velocity
  9. muzzle-bag
  10. muzzle-bags
  11. muzzle-loader

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