"autofire" meaning in All languages combined

See autofire on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-autofire.wav
Etymology: From auto- + fire. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|auto|fire}} auto- + fire Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} autofire (uncountable)
  1. (video games) A feature on a joystick or gamepad that permits automatic firing, as though the player were repeatedly pressing the fire button. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-autofire-en-noun-lCz9HKxB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with auto-, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 26 23 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with auto-: 54 25 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 61 22 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 25 20 Topics: video-games
  2. (science fiction) A feature that allows a weapon to fire automatically. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Science fiction
    Sense id: en-autofire-en-noun-e2pd-4hZ Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-autofire.wav Forms: autofires [present, singular, third-person], autofiring [participle, present], autofired [participle, past], autofired [past]
Etymology: From auto- + fire. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|auto|fire}} auto- + fire Head templates: {{en-verb}} autofire (third-person singular simple present autofires, present participle autofiring, simple past and past participle autofired)
  1. (video games, weaponry) To fire automatically. Categories (topical): Video games, Weapons Related terms: turbo controller
    Sense id: en-autofire-en-verb-A~f4TSWz Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, video-games, war, weaponry

Noun [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|noun}} autofire
  1. (video games) autofire Categories (topical): Video games Related terms: turbodosa
    Sense id: en-autofire-sv-noun-9qaxxl2F Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Topics: video-games

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