"rapid-fire" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more rapid-fire [comparative], most rapid-fire [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} rapid-fire (comparative more rapid-fire, superlative most rapid-fire)
  1. (of a gun) Able to fire bullets in quick succession. Translations (able to fire bullets in quick succession): скорострелен (skorostrelen) (Bulgarian), feu roulant [masculine] (French), Schnellfeuer- (German), брзо́метен (brzómeten) (Macedonian), брзо́стрелен (brzóstrelen) (Macedonian), tiro rápido [masculine] (Portuguese), tiro rápido [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rapid-fire-en-adj-ZSpBhh-X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'able to fire bullets in quick succession': 98 2
  2. (of a series of questions, etc.) Delivered in a rapid continuous stream. Tags: usually
    Sense id: en-rapid-fire-en-adj-SmVFwyFx

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        "(of a gun) Able to fire bullets in quick succession."
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          "sense": "able to fire bullets in quick succession",
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      "sense": "able to fire bullets in quick succession",
      "word": "скорострелен"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "able to fire bullets in quick succession",
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      "word": "feu roulant"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "able to fire bullets in quick succession",
      "word": "Schnellfeuer-"
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      "sense": "able to fire bullets in quick succession",
      "word": "брзо́метен"
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      "sense": "able to fire bullets in quick succession",
      "word": "брзо́стрелен"
    },
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      "sense": "able to fire bullets in quick succession",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "able to fire bullets in quick succession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tiro rápido"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rapid-fire"
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