fireball
To attack with balls of fireTo attack (someone or something) with balls of fire.
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» I am a fireball too hot to handle.
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4 senses(transitive)To attack (someone or something) with balls of fire.
(intransitive)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.
(figuratively, intransitive)To emerge suddenly; to explode.
(intransitive)To pitch a baseball very fast.
Examples
7 sentencesI am a fireball too hot to handle.
Fireball, an orange tabby cat, loves to terrorize all the cats in the neighborhood.
His eyes look like fireballs.
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. — soweli_Elepanto
With fireballs in his hands, The Cauldron Group's David Duckworth sets magical potions ablaze.
Origin
The noun is derived from fire (noun) + ball (noun). The adjective and verb are derived froThe noun is derived from fire (noun) + ball (noun). The adjective and verb are derived from the noun.
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Forms
fireballs, fireballing, fireballed, fireballed| Base form | fireball · to fireball |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | fireballs |
| Present participle | fireballing |
| Past simple | fireballed |
| Past participle | fireballed |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.