autofire
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A feature on a joystick or gamepad that permits automatic firing, as though the player were repeatedly pressing the fire button.
Uncountable
verb
To fire automatically.
Example Sentences
- "You start off with just seven clips of ammo and five grenades — so all you autofire merchants are in trouble. Only real soldiers, with an accurate eye and careful trigger finger need apply here."
- "High-speed autofire and a choice of two joystick sizes are featured."
- "Also the crappy joystick, the SJS1, is useless. It's as stiff as a Skoda's steering and there's no autofire on it. I can't help thinking that I made the worst investment of my life by buying this computer."
Etymology
Etymology tree English auto- Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire English autofire From auto- + fire.