Definitions for firing

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firing fir·ing

Spelling: [fahyuh r-ing]

IPA: /ˈfaɪər ɪŋ/

Firing is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 52 anagrams from letters in firing (fgiinr).

Definitions for firing

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that fires.
2. material for a fire; fuel.
3. the act of baking ceramics or glass.
4. a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
5. a burning mass of material, as on a hearth or in a furnace.
6. the destructive burning of a building, town, forest, etc.; conflagration.
7. heat used for cooking, especially the lighted burner of a stove:
8. Greek fire.
9. flashing light; luminous appearance.
10. brilliance, as of a gem.
11. burning passion; excitement or enthusiasm; ardor.
12. liveliness of imagination.
13. fever or inflammation.
14. severe trial or trouble; ordeal.
15. exposure to fire as a means of torture or ordeal.
16. strength, as of an alcoholic beverage.
17. a spark or sparks.
18. the discharge of firearms:
19. the effect of firing military weapons:
20. British. a gas or electric heater used for heating a room.
21. Literary. a luminous object, as a star:

Idioms

1. between two fires, under physical or verbal attack from two or more sides simultaneously:
2. build a fire under, Informal. to cause or urge to take action, make a decision quickly, or work faster:
3. catch fire, Also, catch on fire. to become ignited; burn: to create enthusiasm:
4. fight fire with fire, to use the same tactics as one's opponent; return like for like.
5. go through fire and water, to brave any danger or endure any trial:
6. hang fire, to be delayed in exploding, or fail to explode. to be undecided, postponed, or delayed:
7. miss fire, to fail to explode or discharge, as a firearm. to fail to produce the desired effect; be unsuccessful:
8. on fire, ignited; burning; afire. eager; ardent; zealous:
9. play with fire, to trifle with a serious or dangerous matter:
10. set fire to, to cause to burn; ignite. to excite; arouse; inflame: Also, set on fire.
11. take fire, to become ignited; burn. to become inspired with enthusiasm or zeal:
12. under fire, under attack, especially by military forces. under censure or criticism:

Verb phrases

1. fire away, Informal. to begin to talk and continue without slackening, as to ask a series of questions:
2. fire off, to discharge (as weapons, ammunition, etc.): to write and send hurriedly:

verb (used with object)

1. to set on fire.
2. to supply with fuel; attend to the fire of:
3. to expose to the action of fire; subject to heat.
4. to apply heat to in a kiln for baking or glazing; burn.
5. to heat very slowly for the purpose of drying, as tea.
6. to inflame, as with passion; fill with ardor.
7. to inspire.
8. to light or cause to glow as if on fire.
9. to discharge (a gun).
10. to project (a bullet or the like) by or as if by discharging from a gun.
11. to subject to explosion or explosive force, as a mine.
12. to hurl; throw:
13. to dismiss from a job.
14. Veterinary Medicine. to apply a heated iron to (the skin) in order to create a local inflammation of the superficial structures, with the intention of favorably affecting deeper inflammatory processes.
15. to drive out or away by or as by fire.

verb (used without object)

1. to take fire; be kindled.
2. to glow as if on fire.
3. to become inflamed with passion; become excited.
4. to shoot, as a gun.
5. to discharge a gun:
6. to hurl a projectile.
7. Music. to ring the bells of a chime all at once.
8. (of plant leaves) to turn yellow or brown before the plant matures.
9. (of an internal-combustion engine) to cause ignition of the air-fuel mixture in a cylinder or cylinders.
10. (of a nerve cell) to discharge an electric impulse.

Origin of firing

late Middle English word dating back to 1375-1425; See origin at fire, -ing¹

Examples for firing

Olympian Kevin Jackson later accused du Pont of firing him from Team Foxcatcher for being black.

Turkish gendarmes ran past me, shouting at the refugees to clear off, firing more canisters for good measure.

Without wasting time in firing, they advanced with the bayonet.

Ben had drawn off his boots, and was firing them one after the other at the door.

When you are firing out at night, the red tracers go out into the blackness as if you were drawing with a light pen.

“Social media is going to solve this crime,” he says, before facing a firing squad of death stares from his colleagues.

In less than half an hour after a firing commenced at Durant's.

firing from ambush and moving from place to place, he would seem more than one man.

They had heard the firing of the night and were disappointed at having been absent.

The firing of a new executive brought in to shake up the flailing show is getting dead-movie-star tabloid coverage.