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firehosing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fire-hos-ing
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of dousing a fire, as a firefighter might put down a fire by dousing it with a large amount of water.

Uncountable

noun

Extensive and possibly excessive criticism of an idea by presenting an overwhelming number of arguments against it.

Uncountable

noun

Video camera movement intended to record as much of a scene as possible, such as by swinging the camera from side to side, usually in a way that makes the resulting footage worthless.

Uncountable

Etymology

From firehose + -ing.

Usage

Questions

What does firehosing mean?
The act of dousing a fire, as a firefighter might put down a fire by dousing it with a large amount of water.
Where does firehosing come from?
From firehose + -ing.

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