fire hose noun5 •A hose designed to deliver water to douse a fire, usually much stronger and wider in diameter than a garden hose.Although the subway structure is of non-combustible material, a fire protection system, with fire hose cabinets on every underground platform, has been provided. — 1954 •Any fast, heavy stream (e.g. of information).She felt she was standing in front of a fire hose of instructions, trying to absorb them all with a sponge. •A feed of all updates to a website.Links contained within feeds (RSS, fire hose, syndicated) — 2012 •An fast-flowing unsupported flow of lava escaping from a solid rockface. •(informal) A human penis. formsfire hoses