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quick-fire

adjective [before noun]
 
 
/ˈkwɪk.faɪər/ US  /-faɪr/

Definition

happening very quickly, one after another: His quick-fire jokes were very popular with the audience.Continually and repeatedlyFast and rapidShort in time
(Definition of quick-fire adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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