fireball

Meanings

Plural: fireballs

Noun

• an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
• a highly energetic and indefatigable person
• a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)
• the luminous center of a nuclear explosion
• A ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion, or (fiction, mythology) thrown as a weapon.
• A feisty, strong-willed person.
• Synonym of fastball (“a high-speed pitch of a baseball”).
• A bright glow caused by a spacecraft re-entering an atmosphere.
• A meteor bright enough to cast shadows; a bolide.
• 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.
• A bag or ball filled with combustible material which is thrown as a weapon or to set something alight.
• 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.
• 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.

Adj

• Excellent, terrific.

Verb

• To attack (someone or something) with balls of fire.
• To explode in a ball of fire or flame.
• To emerge suddenly; to explode.
• To pitch a baseball very fast.

Synonyms

ace, admirable, awe-inspiring, awesome, ball of fire, bang on, bang-up, based, beneship, bitching, bolide, bolis, bomb, brilliant, bully, cher, choice, chronic, chur, cock on, cool, copacetic, crackerjack, cushty, dank, def, dope, excellent, exceptional, fab, fabulous, fantabulosa, fantastic, fastball, finger-lickin' good, fireball, first-rate, fly, frabjous, gnarly, great, grouse, human dynamo, kicking, killer, lash, lautitious, lit, marvelous, nang, out of sight, outstanding, peng, phat, phenomenal, powerhouse, pukka, quality, rad, radical, rum, sick, slap-up, slick, spiffing, splendid, sterling, super, superb, superior, sweet, swell, terrific, tight, top, top-drawer, top-hole, top-notch, top-of-the-range, top-shelf, topping, tubular, wicked, wicked pissah, wonderful, worldie

Antonyms

excellent, good, great, positive, superior

Related Words

ball of fire

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