fireball

1. A ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion, or (fiction, mythology) thrown as a weapon.

   Feuerball

   о́гненный шарógnennyj šar

   a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)

2. (figuratively, informal)A feisty, strong-willed person.

3. (figuratively)Synonym of fastball (“a high-speed pitch of a baseball”).

4. A bright glow caused by a spacecraft re-entering an atmosphere.

5. A meteor bright enough to cast shadows; a bolide.

6. A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.

   Fireball

7. (historical)A bag or ball filled with combustible material which is thrown as a weapon or to set something alight.

8. A bag or ball filled with combustible material which is thrown as a weapon or to set something alight.

   (historical)A charge depicting a disc-shaped bombshell with flames emitted from the top, or sometimes from the top, bottom, and on either side.

9. (obsolete)An emanation of St. Elmo's fire; also (later), of ball lightning.

10. (obsolete)A ball-shaped firelighter (“small block of a flammable substance, typically a combination of sawdust and wax, used to light fires”).

11. (obsolete)A ball of heat-resistant material placed in a fire to slow down the burning of the fuel.

12. (figuratively, obsolete)A statement intended to cause dissension or as a provocation.

1. I am a fireball too hot to handle.

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2. Fireball, an orange tabby cat, loves to terrorize all the cats in the neighborhood.

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3. His eyes look like fireballs.

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4. They reported seeing a fireball in the sky and hearing a protracted low-frequency sound.

   ruСообщали, что видели огненный шар в небе и слышали протяжный низкий звук.

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5. With fireballs in his hands, The Cauldron Group's David Duckworth sets magical potions ablaze.

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