brush-fire

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bruhsh fahyuh r]
- /brʌʃ faɪər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bruhsh fahyuh r]
- /brʌʃ faɪər/

Definitions of brush-fire word

adjective brush-fire limited in scope, area, or importance, as some labor disputes or local skirmishes. 1
noun brush-fire a fire in an area of bushes, shrubs, or brush, as distinct from a forest fire. 1
noun brush-fire any small but persistent problem, as within a large organization, a department of a government, or between nations: border skirmishes and other international brush fires. 1

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Origin of brush-fire

First appearance:

before 1945

One of the 6% newest English words

First recorded in 1945-50

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Parts of speech for Brush-fire

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Brush-fire

brush-fire popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 68% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.