Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pre-fire

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.79 in modern English

Syllables: pre--fire
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shoot at the anticipated location of another player before they are visible or within range.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"I could hear him just around the corner, so I just started pre-firing until he walked right into the cascade of bullets."
"There will be times you go from a full health bar to almost dead in one round of cart combat, but you can always repair at the next town, and there are definitely attacks that you can "pre-fire" to prevent getting bogged down and stay healthy."
"I've seen others where players follow an unseen opponent with their crosshair and pre-fire as they turn the corner for an instant kill."
"Steel, however, was stuck behind the corner in Squeeky, and he was forced to prefire the Squeeky opening because he knew dephh had to kill him to win the round before time ran out."

Etymology

From pre- + fire (“to shoot”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

pre-fires (present, singular) pre-firing (participle, present) pre-fired (participle, past) pre-fired (past) prefire (alternative)

Questions

What does pre-fire mean?: To shoot at the anticipated location of another player before they are visible or within range.
Where does pre-fire come from?: From pre- + fire (“to shoot”).

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