bumpfire

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bump +‎ fire

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bumpfire (uncountable)

  1. A method of firing semi-automatic firearms which uses recoil forces to "bump" the trigger finger, in order to significantly increase the cyclic rate.

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bumpfire (third-person singular simple present bumpfires, present participle bumpfiring, simple past and past participle bumpfired)

  1. To fire a gun using bumpfire, either deliberately or accidentally.

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