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fire
verb- to light up a cigarette or a marijuana cigarette US
Literally “to apply a flame”. - While I fired a cig he called an extension number and was connected. — Mickey Spillane, My Gun is Quick, p. 13, 1950
- I fired a cigarette — Diran Abedayo, My Once Upon A Time, p. 149, 2000
- All that’s left to do now is fire it up and get off your face. — Nick Jones, Spliffs, p. 101, 2003
- (of a mechanical device) to start up US
Also “fire up” as a variant. - MICHAEL scarpers. JAMIE tries to fire the engine again. — Chris Baker & Andrew Day, Lock, Stock... & One Big Bullock, p. 350, 2000
- to inject a drug intravenously US, 1936
- — David Maurer and Victor Vogel, Narcotics and Narcotic Addiction, p. 406, 1973
- Ever fire when you were in the joint? — Joseph Wambaugh, The Blue Knight, p. 30, 1973
- Clayton used to fire in his leg–he had a big vein in his calf. — John Allen, Assault with a Deadly Weapon, p. 168, 1977
- to dismiss from employment US, 1887
A pun on “discharge”. - Tory gay rights rebel was fired by pager. — The Guardian, 4 December 1999
- to destroy by arson US
- So bad he’d fire his hotels if he could collect on them. — Jim Thompson, The Kill-Off, p. 27, 1957
- to ejaculate UK, 1891
- The last time that Hans fired too early in the motel room, the sneering groupie said, “You better start carrying two jizz rags.” — Joseph Wambaugh, The Delta Star, p. 105, 1983
- to play a sport exceedingly well; to be “on fire” AUSTRALIA
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 35, 1977
▶ fire a leak
to urinate TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
▶ fire one
to have a drink BARBADOS- — Frank A. Collymore, Barbadian Dialect, p. 48, 1965
▶ fire the acid
to drink rum JAMAICA, 1998
Recorded by Richard Allsopp.▶ fire the ack-ack gun
to smoke a cigarette dipped in a heroin solution US- — Richard Lingeman, Drugs from A to Z, p. 78, 1969
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