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rapid-fire

rapid-fire adjective: able to fire bullets in quick succession.

Adjective

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

  1. Able to fire bullets in quick succession.
  2. (usually) Delivered in a rapid continuous stream.

Forms of rapid-fire

comparativemore rapid-fire
superlativemost rapid-fire

Questions about rapid-fire

What does rapid-fire mean?
Rapid-fire means able to fire bullets in quick succession.
What part of speech is rapid-fire?
Rapid-fire is an adjective.

Words near rapid-fire in the dictionary

  1. rapid transits
  2. rapid unplanned disassemblies
  3. rapid unplanned disassembly
  4. rapid unscheduled disassemblies
  5. rapid unscheduled disassembly
  6. rapid-fire
  7. rapid-onset gender dysphoria
  8. Rapidan
  9. Rapidan Township
  10. rapidcreekite
  11. rapider

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