Definition of "autofire"

autofire

noun
uncountable
1. (video games) A feature on a joystick or gamepad that permits automatic firing, as though the player were repeatedly pressing the fire button.
  Quotations
  You start off with just seven clips of ammo and five grenades — so all you autofire merchants are in trouble. Only real soldiers, with an accurate eye and careful trigger finger need apply here.
  1988, Operation Wolf (review), Crash issue 59 (December 1988)
  High-speed autofire and a choice of two joystick sizes are featured.
  1989 October, Popular Mechanics, volume 166, number 10
  Also the crappy joystick, the SJS1, is useless. It's as stiff as a Skoda's steering and there's no autofire on it. I can't help thinking that I made the worst investment of my life by buying this computer.
  1990 March, Letters: Your Sinclair, number 51
2. (science fiction) A feature that allows a weapon to fire automatically.
verb
third-person singular simple present autofires, present participle autofiring, simple past and past participle autofired
1. (video games, weaponry) To fire automatically.