Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🔧 To modify for ammo 🔄 To reload
to rechamber

to rechamber

9.2
Put a bullet back into the chamber of a gun to make it ready to fire
  • verb
  • /riːˈtʃeɪmbər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : recargar
  • If the cartridge is ejected, you must rechamber it to make the weapon ready.

Examples

  • The soldier had to rechamber his rifle before continuing the exercise.

  • Can you rechamber this weapon quickly?

  • After fixing the jam, he quickly rechambered a round and prepared to fire again.

  • He rechambered the rifle before the hunt.

  • After fixing the jam, he quickly rechambered a round and prepared to fire again.

  • The soldier had to rechamber his rifle before continuing the exercise.

  • If the cartridge is ejected, you must rechamber it to make the weapon ready.

Synonyms

to reload
vsto rechamber
47 3.2

Put something back into a container, vehicle, or machine after it is empty

is narrower, focusing on replacing a single cartridge after removal
to chamber
vsto rechamber
  • Specialized
8 8.1

To put a bullet or shell into a gun's chamber to prepare it to fire

is done specifically when putting a cartridge back after removal
to rerack
vsto rechamber
  • Jargon
8.8

To pull back and release a gun's slide or bolt to load a round and clear a jam

is done by placing a cartridge back directly instead of operating the slide

Surface Forms

rechamber infinitive
rechambered past
rechambered past participle
rechambering present participle
rechambers third person singular

Morphology

rechamber = chamber (transparent) = re + chamber

The meaning is a straightforward repetition of the verb 'chamber', namely to chamber a cartridge again.

Etymology

Rechamber comes from re- 'again' and chamber 'a small room', the space in a gun where a bullet sits. So to rechamber a cartridge is to put a round back into that 'room', making the weapon ready to fire again.