firehose

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/ˈfaɪ.ərˌhoʊz/

verb

To wash something down with a firehose; to douse with a large amount of water (or chemical agent) sprayed from a hose, to extinguish a fire.

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Meanings

nounfirehose (plural firehoses)

plural firehoses

  1. alternativeAlternative form of fire hose (in all senses)

    2015, Ismail Khalil, Erich Neuhold, A Min Tjoa, Li Da Xu, Ilsun You, Information and Communication Technology: Third IFIP TC 5/8 International Conference The programmer must override the method on_data(), which processes each tweet that is taken from the firehose.

verbfirehose (third-person singular simple present firehoses, present participle firehosing, simple past and past participle firehosed)

present singular third person firehoses · participle present firehosing · participle past firehosed · past firehosed

  1. To wash something down with a firehose; to douse with a large amount of water (or chemical agent) sprayed from a hose, to extinguish a fire.

Origin

From fire + hose.

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APA

firehose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firehose

MLA

“firehose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firehose. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “firehose,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firehose.

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