slow fire

noun

a rate of firing small arms that allows time to aim before each shot.

OTHER WORDS FROM slow fire

slow-fire, adjective

Words nearby slow fire

slow burn, slow but steady wins the race, slow but sure, slow cooker, slow down, slow fire, slow food, slow gait, slow handclap, slow infection, slow loris

Example sentences from the Web for slow fire

  • And I wonder how many of us would stand such a soul-test as slow-fire.

    The Following of the Star |Florence L. Barclay

  • Her armament consisted of a main battery of four 13-inch and eight 8-inch guns and four 6-inch slow-fire guns.

    Fighting in Cuban Waters |Edward Stratemeyer