Meaning

3 senses
  1. A cannon.

  2. (figuratively)A person with a fiery temper, someone easily provoked to anger, especially a woman or girl.

    a highly emotional and quick-tempered person (especially a girl or woman)

  3. A larva of the spitfire sawfly, Perga affinis.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Layla was a fricking spitfire.

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  2. The Spitfire was invented by RJ Mitchell.

    deDie Spitfire wurde von R. J. Mitchell entworfen.

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  3. The cockpit of the Spitfire was small and narrow.

    deDie Spitfire hatte eine kleine, enge Pilotenkanzel.

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  4. The Spitfire's fuel was gravity fed. If you flew upside down, the engine would conk out.

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Origin

Deverbal from spit fire.

Deverbal from spit fire.

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Forms

plural: spitfires
Singularspitfire
Pluralspitfires

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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