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rapid fire: Meaning and Definition of
rap'id fire'
Pronunciation: [key]
— Mil. Mil.
- a rate of firing small arms that is intermediate between slow fire and quick fire.
rap•id-fire
Pronunciation: (rap'id-fīr'), [key]
— adj.
- characterized by, delivered, or occurring in rapid succession: rapid-fire questions; rapid-fire events.
- discharging in rapid fire: rapid-fire rifles.
- discharging, operating, etc., at a rate more rapid than normal: a rapid-fire staple gun.
