bump-fire

A form of bumpfire — 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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Meanings

nounbump-fire (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of bumpfire.
verbbump-fire (third-person singular simple present bump-fires, present participle bump-firing, simple past and past participle bump-fired)

present singular third person bump-fires · participle present bump-firing · participle past bump-fired · past bump-fired

  1. alternativeAlternative form of bumpfire.
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APA

bump-fire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bump-fire

MLA

“bump-fire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bump-fire. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bump-fire,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bump-fire.

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