to chamber
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8.1
- verb
- /ˈtʃeɪmbər/
- Specialized
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- Throw it down now, Bob!" and Bob doesn't say anything except he works the pump to chamber another round.
Examples
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You could chamber a round, then take out the magazine and load one more, making eight shots.
Fiction book (1994) -
Pull the slide back, chamber a round.
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You might want to chamber a round.
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The youngsters, all boys, pulled back the actions on their weapons, giving the appearance they were chambering a round.
Fiction book (2002) -
Olds worked the gun's action, chambering a round.
Fiction book (2002) -
In one motion, the men drew back their charging handles, and each chambered a round.
Fiction book (1992) -
Katie inserts the magazine, chambers a round, and switches the safety.
Fiction book (1999) -
I reached beneath my fatigue jacket and withdrew a pistol from my waistband and chambered a round.
Fiction book (1997) -
With the silencer in place, Sarah eases back the bolt and then slips it forward, chambering a .223 round.
Fiction book (1991) -
Before firing, he needs to chamber a round into the firearm for safety.
Synonyms
Put a bullet back into the chamber of a gun to make it ready to fire
Compounds
- Offensive
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7.7
A room where people are made to feel pain to punish or force them to speak
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5.3
Music for a small group of instruments, like a string quartet, played for a small audience
- Specialized
4
5.5
A sealed medical room with higher air pressure and oxygen to help the body heal
- Specialized
3
4.7
A sealed container with almost all air removed for testing or making things
1
4.6
A small group of about ten to forty musicians who play classical music together
- Specialized
1
7.6
A hollow space that makes sound or microwaves stronger, like inside a guitar and microwave oven
- Archaic
1
7.8
A tank of very hot liquid where tiny bubbles show the paths of invisible particles
- Specialized
1
7.5
A device that shows the paths of tiny invisible particles as thin white streaks in a mist
- Specialized
1
9.4
A room that absorbs sound so there are no echoes, used for testing or recording
- Specialized
1
5.3
A space in an engine or pump where a piston moves to push and squeeze liquids and gases
- Literature
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9.9
A small group that secretly makes important decisions that are not fair
- Specialized
A part of a canal with gates that raises or lowers boats by changing the water level
- Specialized
Device that measures radiation that makes charged particles by detecting those particles in a gas
- Specialized
A container that holds a liquid or material and lets it out when needed
- Specialized
A device that makes vapor tracks to show where tiny charged particles move
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb chamber comes from the noun chamber and simply means to put something into the 'room' part of a machine, which is why a gun is called 'chambered' when a bullet is placed inside its chamber.