Firing and Pop

Firing

Firing noun - A directed propelling of a missile by a firearm or artillery piece.

Pop and firing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pop" instead a noun "Firing".

Nearby Words: fire, fired

Pop

Pop noun - A loud explosive sound.

Firing and pop are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Firing" instead a noun "Pop".

Nearby Words: popped, popping, poping, poped

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Nuclear Throne The Pop Gun and Rifle, two guns that have stupidly high fire rates but pitifully low damage due to firing shells instead of bullets.
  • Film / The Other Guys Artistic License – Gun Safety: Two of the other cops convince Gamble to do a "desk pop", firing your gun in your desk.
  • It starts off firing darts at a decent rate, but it can swap those darts out for laser beams that pierce bloons and pop frozen bloons.
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