chambering
verb
Meaning
- To enclose in a room.
- To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
- To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.
- To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.
- In martial arts, to prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or weapon to a position where it may be charged with kinetic energy.
- To be lascivious.
- The chamber of a gun or other firearm.
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