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single-shot

single-shot adjective: of a firearm: holding only a single round of ammunition, thus needing to be reloaded after each shot.

Adjective

single-shot (not comparable)

  1. Of a firearm: holding only a single round of ammunition, thus needing to be reloaded after each shot.

Questions about single-shot

What does single-shot mean?
Single-shot means of a firearm: holding only a single round of ammunition, thus needing to be reloaded after each shot.
What part of speech is single-shot?
Single-shot is an adjective.

Words near single-shot in the dictionary

  1. single-room occupancy
  2. single-serve
  3. single-serving site
  4. single-serving sites
  5. single-sex
  6. single-shot
  7. single-sideband modulation
  8. single-sideband modulations
  9. single-sided
  10. single-space
  11. single-spaced

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