What does firing off mean?

firing off means "the act of discharging a gun".

What is another word for firing off?

Close synonyms include discharge, firing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is firing off a common word?

firing off is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Firing off — meaning and 2 synonyms

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
the act of discharging a gun
Synonymsdischarge firing
Broadershooting
Narrowergun

Questions about firing off

What does firing off mean?: firing off means "the act of discharging a gun".
What is another word for firing off?: Close synonyms include discharge, firing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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