"firehose" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: firehoses [plural]
Etymology: fire + hose Etymology templates: {{com|en|fire|hose}} fire + hose Head templates: {{en-noun}} firehose (plural firehoses)
  1. Alternative spelling of fire hose Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: fire hose Translations (thick, high-pressure hose): paloletku (Finnish), Feuerwehrschlauch [masculine] (German), 소방호스 (sobanghoseu) (Korean), brannslange [masculine] (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-firehose-en-noun-BHcEPOXp Disambiguation of 'thick, high-pressure hose': 94 6
  2. (Internet, neologism) Access to the social media data sold to the third parties, or such data stream. Tags: Internet, neologism Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-firehose-en-noun-ETIkPNjU Categories (other): English neologisms, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 54 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: firehose cursor Related terms: drink from a firehose

Verb

Forms: firehoses [present, singular, third-person], firehosing [participle, present], firehosed [participle, past], firehosed [past]
Etymology: fire + hose Etymology templates: {{com|en|fire|hose}} fire + hose Head templates: {{en-verb}} firehose (third-person singular simple present firehoses, present participle firehosing, simple past and past participle 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.
    Sense id: en-firehose-en-verb-gNzJBIEl

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for firehose meaning in English (3.3kB)

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