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fireplug

noun

Definition of fireplug

as in hydrant

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Recent Examples of fireplug His fireplug vitality surrendered only to his untamed playing, boogie feel and volumes upon volumes of mesmerizing riffs. — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025 At 41 inches tall and 161 pounds per side, this fireplug of a speaker delivers impressive dynamic range at realistic (live music) levels and will admirably fill all but the most gigantic spaces with detailed yet unfatiguing sound. — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025 The newest member of the new-look Red Sox is an aggressive, fireplug of a player, which is why Cora keeps comparing him to the sainted Dustin Pedroia. — Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025 Not bad for a 5-9, 165-pound fireplug from southeastern Massachusetts. — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2021 Butler was a fireplug of man, with glasses and a thick neck, wearing a sharply creased dress white uniform that seemed to almost gleam under the courtroom’s fluorescent lights. — T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 20 Dec. 2019

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Noun

The fire was over by the time the firemen got the hydrant open.

— George Calhoun, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
This is the first year in a multiyear project in which about 6,800 hydrants will eventually be repainted.

— Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of hydrant

Noun

Aguas de La Habana, the state utilities company in the capital, issues daily updates to clients on service interruptions caused by electricity cuts or burst pipes.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
The project is expected to start sending water into city pipes as soon as early 2029.

— Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of pipe

Noun

In southwest suburban Bridgeview, Southfield Drive off Harlem Avenue was so inundated that the only sign that a street was under the water was a fire hydrant peeking out.

— Albert Ramon, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
The first thirty days of any job can feel like drinking water from a fire hydrant.

— Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of fire hydrant

Noun

Shampoo can come in a rigid plastic bottle, a flexible squeeze tube, a refillable metal canister or a solid bar in a paperboard box.

— Erin Victor, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
One photo showed a boat cruising between towering canyon walls, while another captured a tube ride across the water.

— Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of tube

Noun

Otherwise, after decades of exclusion, Syria could return to the regional map merely as a fragile conduit for others’ commercial exploits.

— Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
Vessels have continued to endure more attacks for sailing through the conduit, which before the war in Iran harbored as much as 20 percent of the world’s oil supply.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of conduit

Noun

During the protest, participants wore wedding dresses, duct-taped their mouths and chained their wrists on the Capitol steps to call on lawmakers to pass the measure.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Television guitarist and co-founder Richard Lloyd has been diagnosed with bile-duct cancer, and a GoFundMe has been launched to assist him and his family in covering his medical expenses.

— Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2026

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