dry fire
See also: dryfire and dry-fire
English
Alternative forms
- dryfire
- dry-fire
Verb
dry fire (third-person singular simple present dry fires, present participle dry firing, simple past and past participle dry fired)
- (firearms) To discharge a weapon without ammunition in the chamber.
- 2009, Debra Parmley, A Desperate Journey, →ISBN, page 32:
- Rob finished cleaning his empty gun then pointed it at an imaginary target and dry fired.
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