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Meaning of firehose

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

firehose

noun

Definitions

  1. A hose designed to deliver water to douse a fire, usually much stronger and wider in diameter than a garden hose.

  2. Any fast, heavy stream (e.g. of information).

    Example: She felt she was standing in front of a fire hose of instructions, trying to absorb them all with a sponge.

  3. A feed of all updates to a website.

  4. A human penis.

noun

Definitions

  1. Access to the social media data sold to the third parties, or such data stream.

verb

Definitions

  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.