quick fire

¹

noun

1. a single shot or several shots fired at a rapid rate from small arms at a target, especially one presented unexpectedly.

quick-fire

²

[ kwik-fahyuhr ]

adjective

1. firing or equipped for firing rapidly, especially at moving targets.

quick fire

noun

1. rapid continuous gunfire, esp at a moving target

adjective

1. Alsoquick-firing capable of or designed for quick fire
2. informal.
   rapid or following one another in rapid succession

   quick-fire questions

Word History and Origins

Origin of quick fire¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Origin of quick fire²

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Hitchens, by contrast, wrote journalism and quick-fire columns and was not averse to using cliché or ready-made formulation.

From The Daily Beast

One of them hauled a hollow maple log out of the dbris and threw it to one side as being too heavy for a quick fire.

From Project Gutenberg

One sprang to chop a dry spruce log into fuel for a quick fire, and fell a harder tree to keep us warm through the night.

From Project Gutenberg

A quick fire of interrogation volleyed at the three recruits, especially at Max.

From Project Gutenberg

A quick fire, built inside, heats it thoroughly, after which water is thrown upon the hot stones to produce steam.

From Project Gutenberg

They are then wrapped up in buttered paper and broiled on a quick fire.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• accelerated
• brisk
• expeditious
• hasty
• hurried
• immediate
• prompt
• rapid
• swift