snap shoot

English

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Verb

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

  1. To take aim and fire a weapon in quick succession.
    • 1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 131:
      "I hope you'll overlook my shooting at you, but the orders are for all patrols to snap-shoot on sight."
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