tracer
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈtreɪsər/
- Specialized
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- Machine guns track their targets as they move, which is why the tracers fan out.
- a tracer bullet
- a tracer round
- tracer fire
And I remember this tracer, to me it looked like a lightsaber.
- And I remember this tracer, to me it looked like a lightsaber.
- All those ships out there let go in the air with tracers and rockets.
- The art, the tracer fire going past it as it's starting to come to Tig kills that guy.
Examples
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Tracers zipped by her wing, leaving lines of smoke like paper party streamers.
Fiction book (1994) -
The soldiers used tracer bullets in order to see their trajectory during night operations.
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I see tracer fire over on your side.
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You can zero in on any target you want just by putting the green tracer line on your target.
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For that you got the tracer bullets.
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Some sort of high-tech tracer round.
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The Navy boys joined in from their ships, their tracer bullets forming a "V" for victory sign in the sky.
Fiction book (1990) -
Every five rounds is a tracer so you can see what you're hitting.
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First, one line of tracers floated up toward them, then a second, and a third.
Fiction book (2001) -
Night came alive with tracers, and action rolled beneath flares as our mortars illuminated the valley.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
1
7.0
A bullet that leaves a bright trail so you can see its path
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tracer comes from trace, which means 'a mark or line to follow'. A tracer bullet leaves a bright mark in the air so you can see its path and adjust your aim.