Definitions for firing
ˈfaɪər ɪŋfir·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fire, firingnoun

   the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy

   "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"

2. discharge, firing, firing offnoun

   the act of discharging a gun

3. ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflammationnoun

   the act of setting something on fire

4. dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sackingnoun

   the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. firingnoun

   The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay etc to produce pottery.

2. firingnoun

   The fuel for a fire.

3. firingnoun

   The discharge of a gun or other weapon.

4. firingnoun

   The dismissal of someone from a job.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Firingnoun

   Fewel.

   Etymology: from fire.

   They burn the cakes, firing being there scarce. John Mortimer.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Firing

   Dismissal (also called firing) is the termination of employment by an employer against the will of the employee. Though such a decision can be made by an employer for a variety of reasons, ranging from an economic downturn to performance-related problems on the part of the employee, being fired has a strong stigma in some cultures. To be dismissed, as opposed to quitting voluntarily (or being laid off), is often perceived as being the employee's fault. Finding new employment may often be difficult after being fired, particularly if there is a history of being terminated from a previous job, if the reason for firing is for some serious infraction, or the employee did not keep the job very long. Job seekers will often not mention jobs that they were fired from on their resumes; accordingly, unexplained gaps in employment are often regarded as a red flag.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Firingnoun

   the act of disharging firearms

2. Firingnoun

   the mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it

3. Firingnoun

   the application of fire, or of a cautery

4. Firingnoun

   the process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln

5. Firingnoun

   fuel; firewood or coal

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. firing

   The act of discharging fire-arms.

Matched Categories

1. • Attack
   • Burning

How to pronounce firing?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say firing in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of firing in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of firing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of firing in a Sentence

1. Mark Hertling:

   You see that force, that small squad there of about 10 guys, the guy up furthest away from us is repeatedly firing rocket-propelled grenades, he's fired by my count about five of them, he is handing off the launcher to another guy, they are reloading and he is ready to shoot again, and everybody else, Mark Hertling look at the cool, calm, collected approach by these soldiers under fire, they're not afraid, they're ready to kick some butt.

2. Robert McCulloch:

   He has acknowledged his participation in firing the shots.

3. Mark Regev:

   They were firing thousands of rockets on our civilian population. They were trying to murder our people in their homes. We were defending ourselves, they were firing out of schools. They were firing out of built-up areas. They were firing out of homes, out of mosques, even out of playgrounds.

4. Hawsar Wshyar Mohammed Amin:

   The firing came from the KDP.

5. La Torre:

   Everything seemed to be normal while I was driving back, but then I heard gun shots again, they sounded a lot closer. I began to realize the soldiers were following me. I thought they were following the truck that I had seen speeding. I think they got confused and thought my truck was the one they were first chasing. They started firing at us.

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