fire hydrant
noun
: a pipe usually in the street that provides water especially for putting out fires
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Louisville's first fire hydrants were installed in 1866, according to records from the Louisville Water Company.
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Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Nov. 2025
Like a faulty fire hydrant, or a vacuum cleaner whizzing up and down with the uncontrollable hysteria of a feral raccoon, our directive was to suck up as many clicks as possible through every angle imaginable.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2025
Boomer, a beloved instructor with a doctorate degree, had been on an evening stroll with his girlfriend in a neighborhood east of Lake Merritt when the driver slammed into a fire hydrant that flew off the sidewalk and barreled into the couple.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
Their dog, an 80-pound lab mix rescue, doesn’t fly with them, but Kilby evaluated the room, which has a fire hydrant, fake grass, a low drinking fountain and a sink, with the eye of a dog dad.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
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Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Nov. 2025
Like a faulty fire hydrant, or a vacuum cleaner whizzing up and down with the uncontrollable hysteria of a feral raccoon, our directive was to suck up as many clicks as possible through every angle imaginable.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2025
Boomer, a beloved instructor with a doctorate degree, had been on an evening stroll with his girlfriend in a neighborhood east of Lake Merritt when the driver slammed into a fire hydrant that flew off the sidewalk and barreled into the couple.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
Their dog, an 80-pound lab mix rescue, doesn’t fly with them, but Kilby evaluated the room, which has a fire hydrant, fake grass, a low drinking fountain and a sink, with the eye of a dog dad.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Fire hydrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20hydrant. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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