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• rapid-fire — adj [only before noun] 1.) rapid fire questions, jokes etc are said quickly, one after another 2.) a rapid fire gun fires shots quickly, one after another …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• rapid-fire — /rap id fuyeur /, adj. 1. characterized by, delivered, or occurring in rapid succession: rapid fire questions; rapid fire events. 2. Mil. discharging in rapid fire: rapid fire rifles. 3. discharging, operating, etc., at a rate more rapid than… …   Universalium

• rapid-fire — /ˈræpəd faɪə/ (say rapuhd fuyuh) adjective 1. characterised by or delivered or occurring in rapid procedure, especially in speech: rapid fire questions. 2. Gunnery denoting or relating to any of various mounted guns of moderate calibre which can… …  

• rapid-fire — adjective 1 rapid fire questions, jokes etc are said quickly one after another 2 a rapid fire gun can fire shots quickly one after another …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• rapid fire — adjective Quickly, with minimal time between occurrences. The attorney peppered him with rapid fire questions, barely giving him time to reply …   Wiktionary

• rapid fire — noun : a class of rifle fire in which a time limit is set for completing the required number of shots * * * Mil. a rate of firing small arms that is intermediate between slow fire and quick fire. * * * rapid fire noun The firing of guns, asking… …   Useful english dictionary

• fire — ► NOUN 1) the state of burning, in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and give out bright light, heat, and smoke. 2) an instance of destructive burning. 3) wood or coal burnt in a hearth or stove for heating or cooking.… …   English terms dictionary

• Fire ecology — The Old Fire burning in the San Bernardino Mountains (image taken from the International Space Station) Fire ecology is concerned with the processes linking the natural incidence of fire in an ecosystem and the ecological effects of this fire.… …   Wikipedia

• fire — firer, n. /fuyeur/, n., v., fired, firing. n. 1. a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame. 2. a burning mass of material, as on a hearth or… …   Universalium

• fire — noun 1》 the state of burning, in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and give out bright light, heat, and smoke.     ↘a destructive burning.     ↘one of the four elements in ancient and medieval philosophy and in… …   English new terms dictionary

• quick-fire — (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective or quick firing (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ : firing or adapted for firing in rapid succession a quick fire rifle * * * /kwik fuyeur /, adj. firing or equipped for firing rapidly, esp. at moving targets. Also, quick firing. [1890 95]… …   Useful english dictionary