hang fire (English, noun)
expansion: hang fire (plural hang fires)
Senses:
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: The situation when a gun does not immediately fire when the trigger is pulled, but may fire shortly after.
Forms:
form: hang fires
tags: plural
form: hangfire
tags: alternative
form: hang-fire
tags: alternative