fire hose
A "fire hose" is an essential tool for firefighters, designed to transport water or other extinguishing agents to combat fires effectively.
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Definition
B2Firefighting
(technical)A high-pressure tube used to deliver water or fire retardants to extinguish fires.
Example
- The firefighters quickly unrolled the fire hose to tackle the blaze.
- Every fire truck is equipped with a fire hose for emergencies.
C1Idiomatic
(informal)A rapid and overwhelming flow of information or data.
Example
- During the training session, we were hit with a fire hose of new information.
- The data analytics platform provides a fire hose of real-time updates.
C1Computing
(technical)A continuous stream of updates or data from a website.
Example
- The developers used the fire hose API to capture all the tweets in real-time.
- Subscribing to the fire hose feed allowed them to monitor every change on the platform.
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