fire hose

noun

1. a special heavy-duty hose for use in fighting destructive fires.

Example Sentences

A comma-shaped swirl of moderate to heavy rainfall traced its spiral circulation, the back edge of the tropical fire hose having ceased in New York City and advancing across the Long Island.

From Washington Post

And, if the streaming fire hose has taught us anything, it’s that infinite choice is only as good as the curators who help us find the good stuff.

From Washington Post

“He brings stuff to the table like ‘incredible intelligence’ and ‘infinite trivia fire hose,’” she tells me.

From The Daily Beast

But the men could not extend a fire hose by simply dropping it from a truck; there was too much debris around.

From The Daily Beast

Having lunch with Dylan Ratigan is a bit like being sprayed with a fire hose.

From The Daily Beast

And a lot of candidates and officeholders on the right are drinking from it like a fire hose.

From The Daily Beast

One after another of them went down under the force of the stream from the fire hose.

From Project Gutenberg

A concentrated stream of needles hit, like a metallic fire hose, knocked the foot aside, toppled the man again.

From Project Gutenberg

Dan Hicks ran up on deck and returned dragging the deck fire hose behind him.

From Project Gutenberg

Scraggs, knowing his own fire hose, defied them, so Dan Hicks started the pump while Flaherty turned on the water.

From Project Gutenberg

"I'll get a new fire hose an' fire buckets; I'll fix the ash hoist and run the bedbugs an' cockroaches out of her," he added.

From Project Gutenberg