Home › Words › O › outfireoutfireoutfire means A visit by one bonfire society to join in with the celebrations of another.EtymologyFrom out- + fire.nounA visit by one bonfire society to join in with the celebrations of another.e.g.“Are you going to any outfires this year? Yes, Barcombe and Glynde I think.”verbTo fire farther or better than.e.g.“Outfiring the newest Nazi weapon four to one, an automatic, pneumatic gun developed by a Los Angeles inventor pours out 12,000 rounds a minute...” — 1943 April, Popular Mechanics, volume 79, number 4:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).