"tap, rack, bang" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} tap, rack, bang (uncountable)
  1. (military, firearms) A technique for clearing a jam or misfire, consisting of applying pressure to the floor plate of the magazine to properly seat the magazine, manually cycling the action to eject an unfired round, and aiming and attempting to fire again. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Firearms, Military Synonyms: TRB, tap, rack, go, TRG
    Sense id: en-tap,_rack,_bang-en-noun-HenMM-Sr Categories (other): English coordinated triples, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English coordinated triples: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24 Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb}} tap, rack, bang
  1. (military, firearms) To use the tap, rack, bang technique of clearing a jam or misfire. Categories (topical): Firearms, Military
    Sense id: en-tap,_rack,_bang-en-verb-hutwTwK9 Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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