Usually means: Quick, successive bursts of shots.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word rapid fire:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. rapid fire: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rapid-fire: Merriam-Webster
  3. rapid-fire: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rapid-fire: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. rapid-fire, rapid-fire, rapid fire: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Rapid-Fire, Rapid-fire, rapid-fire: Wordnik
  7. rapid-fire: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. rapid-fire, rapid fire: Wiktionary
  9. rapid-fire: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. rapid-fire: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. rapid fire: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Rapid-fire, rapid-fire, rapid fire: Dictionary.com
  13. Rapid Fire (Young Gunz album), Rapid Fire (mixtape), Rapid Fire, Rapid fire: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. rapid-fire: FreeDictionary.org
  15. rapid-fire, rapid fire: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rapid fire: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rapid Fire: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rapid fire)

▸ adjective:  Quickly, with minimal time between occurrences.

Similar:
quick-handed, fast-handed, quick as thought, minutely, instant, real-time, rushed, short-winded, burstwise, brisk, more...

Opposite:
slow, steady, measured, deliberate, leisurely

Types:
machine gun, automatic weapon, submachine gun, more...

Phrases:
rapid fire mount, ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol, Rapid fire crossbow, DS30B rapid fire cannon, rapid fire mounts, more...

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Similar:
quick-handed, fast-handed, quick as thought, minutely, instant, real-time, rushed, short-winded, burstwise, brisk, more...

Opposite:
slow, steady, measured, deliberate, leisurely

Types:
machine gun, automatic weapon, submachine gun, more...

Phrases:
rapid fire mount, ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol, Rapid fire crossbow, DS30B rapid fire cannon, rapid fire mounts, more...



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