outfire

English

Etymology

out- +‎ fire

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

Noun

outfire (plural outfires)

  1. (Sussex) 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)

  1. (transitive) To fire farther or better than.
    • 1943 April, Popular Mechanics, volume 79, number 4:
      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...
    • 1995, Albert Wendt, Nuanua: Pacific writing in English since 1980:
      It had outfired the weapons of their forefathers.

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