ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Outfire

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Outfire is a noun meaning (Sussex) A visit by one bonfire society to join in with the celebrations of another.

Meaning

(Sussex) A visit by one bonfire society to join in with the celebrations of another.

More Meanings

  1. (transitive) To fire farther or better than.

Example Sentences

It had outfired the weapons of their forefathers.
Are you going to any outfires this year? Yes, Barcombe and Glynde I think.
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.

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Related dictionary entries include bonefire, flamefest, frolic, fireside, foxfire, firelet.

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