fireball
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fireball
- /ˈfaɪəbɔːl/ UK
- /ˈfaɪəɹˌbɔl/ US
- /-ɑl/ US
Where it comes from
The noun is derived from fire (noun) + ball (noun). The adjective and verb are derived from the noun.
noun fireballs
- A ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion, or (fiction, mythology) thrown as a weapon. He placed his arms in a blocking position, but even so, the fireball threw all three of them, Kylie, Percival, and Kelly, onto the wall.
- A feisty, strong-willed person. But ſure in a family it bodeth moſt bad, vvhen tvvo firebals (huſbands and vvives anger) come both together.
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Synonym of fastball (“a high-speed pitch of a baseball”).
Similar: fastball
- A bright glow caused by a spacecraft re-entering an atmosphere.
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A meteor bright enough to cast shadows; a bolide.
[page 1] There ſeem to be three concentric ſtrata of our incumbent atmoſphere; in vvhich, or betvveen them, are produced four kinds of meteors; lightning, ſhooting ſtars, fire-balls, and northern lights. […] [page 2] Dr. [Charles] Blagden has related the hiſtory of another large meteor, or fire-ball
Similar: bolis
- A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.
- A bag or ball filled with combustible material which is thrown as a weapon or to set something alight. [T]he ſlingers and archers together, vvith others alſo tumbling dovvne huge ſtones, vvith firebrands and fireballs, ſet them further off.
- A charge depicting a disc-shaped bombshell with flames emitted from the top, or sometimes from the top, bottom, and on either side.
- An emanation of St. Elmo's fire; also (later), of ball lightning. [T]here vvas ſuch a Tempeſt & thunder vvith great firebals of lightning, that the vault of the church brake, and halfe the Chancell vvas carried avvay.
- A ball-shaped firelighter (“small block of a flammable substance, typically a combination of sawdust and wax, used to light fires”).
- A ball of heat-resistant material placed in a fire to slow down the burning of the fuel.
- A statement intended to cause dissension or as a provocation.
adjective
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Excellent, terrific.
"Give us a hand," said Mack. "How's she look?" / "Fireball," said Eddie.
Similar: ace, admirable, amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, badass, broyal, bang on, bang-up, studly, based, beatific · Opposite: abysmal, atrocious, awful, bad, chronic, coarse, corny, crap, crapalicious, crappy, crummy, deityforsaken
verb fireballs · fireballing · fireballed
- To attack (someone or something) with balls of fire.
- To explode in a ball of fire or flame. The car swerved off a road, hit a wall, and fireballed as the petrol tank exploded.
- To emerge suddenly; to explode. But the swoon was only brief. [Klay] Thompson scorched his way to 27 first-half points, the Warriors fireballed back into a 17-point lead and a statement half was sealed from the deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep left corner, early in the clock and without a dribble – vintage Klay, vintage Warriors.
- To pitch a baseball very fast.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: powerhouse, bolide, human dynamo, flame, blaze, fire, ball, riot, mint, candy, taffy, sweety, bowler, chicken, flamer, fireblast
Translations
Every language
noun ball of fire
| 日本語 | 火球 kakyū, 火の玉 hi no tama |
|---|---|
| Português | bola de fogo |
| Français | boule de feu |
| Deutsch | Feuerball |
| Italiano | bolide, palla di fuoco |
| Română | minge de foc |
| Русский | о́гненный шар ógnennyj šar |
| العربية | كُرَة نَارِيَّة kura nāriyya |
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