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rapid-fire

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Weapons rapid-fireˈrapid-fire adjective [only before noun] 1 FAST/QUICKrapid-fire questions, jokes etc are said quickly, one after another2 PMWa rapid-fire gun fires shots quickly, one after anotherExamples from the Corpusrapid-fireTheir rapid-fire bravado masked economic and social insecurities.Sometimes they fall over one another, like shots from a rapid-fire camera.I had no idea what my boss was ordering in rapid-fire requests to the busy chefs, and his translations were indecipherable.Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun, who speaks in rapid-fire spurts, knew he also had to think fast.
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