hang-firen.

/ˈhaŋfʌɪə/

Etymology: < phrase to hang fire (see hang v. 6).

A delay in the explosion of the charge of a gun or of a blasting charge. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > explosion of blasting charge > delay in

hang-fire1892

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > delay in explosion

hang-fire1892

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] > a delay

spacea1413

sojourn?1507

moraa1633

moratorium1932

hang-fire1936

hold1961

1892 W. W. Greener Breech-loader 170 Nothing is more tantalising to the sportsman than miss-fires; hang~fires, too, are a great nuisance.

1899 Kynoch Jrnl. Oct. 6/2 Hang fires, soft shots, high pressures, and other defects.

1936 L. B. Lyon Bright Feather Fading 40 Dove's hang-fire height A long way falls.

1955 Times 16 May 12/5 There is..no hang-fire in a story which..lacks the long dramatic suspense of the year before.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	hang-fire
释义	hang-firen. /ˈhaŋfʌɪə/ Etymology: < phrase to hang fire (see hang v. 6). A delay in the explosion of the charge of a gun or of a blasting charge. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > explosion of blasting charge > delay in hang-fire1892 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > delay in explosion hang-fire1892 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] > a delay spacea1413 sojourn?1507 moraa1633 moratorium1932 hang-fire1936 hold1961 1892 W. W. Greener Breech-loader 170 Nothing is more tantalising to the sportsman than miss-fires; hang~fires, too, are a great nuisance. 1899 Kynoch Jrnl. Oct. 6/2 Hang fires, soft shots, high pressures, and other defects. 1936 L. B. Lyon Bright Feather Fading 40 Dove's hang-fire height A long way falls. 1955 Times 16 May 12/5 There is..no hang-fire in a story which..lacks the long dramatic suspense of the year before. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1892
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