Meaning

3 senses
  1. A performer who creates fireballs by breathing a fine mist of fuel over an open flame.

  2. Any creature, such as a dragon, that breathes flame.

  3. (colloquial)A verbally aggressive person.

    Our new boss is a real firebreather!

Origin

From fire + breather.

From fire + breather.

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Forms

plural: firebreathers

Synonyms

3 synonyms
performer:fire-eaterfireeaterfire eater

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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