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quick-fire

quick-fire adjective: having one thing coming rapidly after another.

Adjective

quick-fire (comparative more quick-fire, superlative most quick-fire)

  1. (idiomatic) Having one thing coming rapidly after another.
    • The politician was unnerved by the journalist's quick-fire questioning.
    • But the mood changed completely after Arsenal's quick-fire double and Ipswich, supported by 9,000 away supporters, could not force their way back into the tie.2011 January 25, Paul Fletcher, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Ipswich (agg 3 - 1)”, in BBC

Forms of quick-fire

comparativemore quick-fire
superlativemost quick-fire
alternative formquickfire

Questions about quick-fire

What does quick-fire mean?
Quick-fire means having one thing coming rapidly after another.
What part of speech is quick-fire?
Quick-fire is an adjective.

Words near quick-fire in the dictionary

  1. quick-change artist
  2. quick-change artists
  3. quick-draw
  4. quick-draws
  5. quick-drying
  6. quick-fire
  7. quick-firer
  8. quick-firers
  9. quick-freeze
  10. quick-freezes
  11. quick-freezing

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