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noun Military.a rate of firing small arms that is intermediate between slow fire and quick fire. Words nearby rapid firerapid chess, Rapid City, Rapid Deployment Force, rapid eye movement, rapid eye movement sleep, rapid fire, rapidity, rapidly advancing juvenile periodontitis, rapido, rapid plasma reagin test, rapids Definition for rapid fire (2 of 2)[ rap-id-fahyuhr ] / ˈræp ɪdˈfaɪər /
adjectivecharacterized by, delivered, or occurring in rapid succession: rapid-fire questions; rapid-fire events. Military. discharging in rapid fire: rapid-fire rifles. discharging, operating, etc., at a rate more rapid than normal: a rapid-fire staple gun. Origin of rapid-fireFirst recorded in 1885–90 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rapid fireThe show offers no cathartic “gotcha” moments, no easy answers, and no rapid-fire dialogue. Stop Everything and Go Watch ‘Rectify'|Jason Lynch|June 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST There are no cathartic ‘gotcha’ moments, no easy answers, and no rapid-fire dialogue. Stop Everything and Go Watch ‘Rectify'|Jason Lynch|June 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Here, he riffs on his rapid-fire style, why politics is as funny as ever, and more. P.J. O’Rourke Joins The Daily Beast||December 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST Mixed in with his rapid-fire prophecies are plenty of provocative assessments of the present. Welcome to Tyler Cowen’s Future of Genius Machines|Robert Herritt|September 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
That seems like quite a long lapse in this day and age of rapid-fire foreign remakes (see: Let Me In). ‘Oldboy’: Spike Lee & Josh Brolin's Thriller Remake|Victoria Kezra|July 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST Rapid-fire guns of this class represent the most effective form of modern ordnance. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.|Edward W. Byrn In the case of rapid-fire guns explain how to adjust firing mechanism, percussion, and electric (if so equipped). The Gunner's Examiner|Harold E. Cloke The rapid-fire gun here shown is a model of a three-inch field gun mounted upon a special carriage. The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various With respect to rapid-fire shooting, how does the telescopic sight on a four-power scope work out? Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy On deck they heard Captain Williamson giving a series of rapid-fire orders. First at the North Pole|Edward Stratemeyer
British Dictionary definitions for rapid fire
adjective rapid-fire- firing shots rapidly
- denoting medium-calibre mounted guns designed for rapid fire
done, delivered, or occurring in rapid succession Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to rapid firerapid, prompt, hasty, brisk, immediate, accelerated, hurried, expeditious, swift, agile, breakneck, express, fleet, headlong, lissome, lively, nimble, precipitate, ready, snappy |