outfire
outfire noun: a visit by one bonfire society to join in with the celebrations of another.
Noun
outfire (plural outfires)
- A visit by one bonfire society to join in with the celebrations of another.
- Are you going to any outfires this year? Yes, Barcombe and Glynde I think.
Verb
outfire (third-person singular simple present outfires, present participle outfiring, simple past and past participle outfired)
- To fire farther or better than.
- Outfiring the newest Nazi weapon four to one, an automatic, pneumatic gun developed by a Los Angeles inventor pours out 12,000 rounds a minute...1943 April, Popular Mechanics, volume 79, number 4
- It had outfired the weapons of their forefathers.1995, Albert Wendt, Nuanua: Pacific writing in English since 1980
Forms of outfire
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | outfires |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | outfires |
| present participle | outfiring |
| past participle | outfired |
| past | outfired |
Origin of outfire
From out- + fire.
Words that rhyme with outfire
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- choir
- desire
- esquire
- inspire
- tire
- acquire
- admire
- dire
- empire
- respire
- sire
- transpire
- trier
- dryer
- friar
- fryer
- gyre
- lyre
- mire
- misfire
- require
- underfire
- aspire
- bemire
- buyer
- conspire
- inquire
- overfire
- perspire
- quire
- tyre
- attire
- briar
- crier
- higher
- lier
- overtire
- Pryor
- pyre
- re-retire
- retrochoir
- rewire
- supplier
- suspire
- underwire
- unretire
- afire
- byre
Questions about outfire
- What does outfire mean?
- Outfire means a visit by one bonfire society to join in with the celebrations of another.
- What part of speech is outfire?
- Outfire can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of outfire?
- The plural of outfire is outfires.
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