snap shoot

verb

To take aim and fire a weapon in quick succession.

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Meanings

verbsnap shoot (third-person singular simple present snap shoots, present participle snap shooting, simple past and past participle snap shot)

present singular third person snap shoots · participle present snap shooting · participle past snap shot · past snap shot

  1. To take aim and fire a weapon in quick succession.

    "I hope you'll overlook my shooting at you, but the orders are for all patrols to snap-shoot on sight."

    1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 131
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APA

snap shoot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snap%20shoot

MLA

“snap shoot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snap%20shoot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snap shoot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snap%20shoot.

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