EGAVE

fireball

About 0.32 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion, or thrown as a weapon.
  2. noun : A feisty, strong-willed person. Synonym of fastball (“a high-speed pitch of a baseball”).
  3. noun A feisty, strong-willed person.
  4. noun Synonym of fastball (“a high-speed pitch of a baseball”).
  5. noun A bright glow caused by a spacecraft re-entering an atmosphere.
  6. noun A meteor bright enough to cast shadows; a bolide.
  7. noun A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.
  8. noun A bag or ball filled with combustible material which is thrown as a weapon or to set something alight. A charge depicting a disc-shaped bombshell with flames emitted from the top, or sometimes from the top, bottom, and on either side.

Similar words

powerhouse bolide ball of fire human dynamo flame blaze fire ball riot mint

Often followed by

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Word family

fireballs

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