Definitions for fireball

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fireball fire·ball

Spelling: [fahyuh r-bawl]

IPA: /ˈfaɪərˌbɔl/

Fireball is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 280 anagrams from letters in fireball (abefillr).

Definitions for fireball

noun

1. a ball of fire, as the sun; a shooting star.
2. a luminous meteor, sometimes exploding.
3. lightning having the appearance of a globe of fire; ball lightning.
4. the highly luminous central portion of a nuclear explosion.
5. a ball filled with explosive or combustible material, used as a projectile to injure the enemy by explosion or to set fire to their works.
6. Informal. an exceptionally energetic or ambitious person.
7. Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
8. Elizabeth Madox [mad-uh ks] /ˈmæd əks/ (Show IPA), 1886–1941, U.S. poet and novelist.
9. Frederick Sleigh [sley] /sleɪ/ (Show IPA), Earl ("Bobs Bahadur") 1832–1914, British field marshal.
10. Glenn ("Fireball") 1929–64, U.S. racing-car driver.
11. Kenneth (Lewis) 1885–1957, U.S. novelist and essayist.
12. Oral, 1918–2009, U.S. evangelist.
13. Owen Josephus [joh-see-fuh s] /dʒoʊˈsi fəs/ (Show IPA), 1875–1955, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1930–45.
14. Richard John, born 1943, U.S. molecular biologist, born in England: Nobel prize 1993.

Origin of fireball

First recorded in 1545-55; fire + ball¹

Examples for fireball

Put him in irons until we are ready to transfer to the fireball.

fireball has exploded in popularity in the United States, prompting expansion in Europe.

This probably refers to an unusually large “bolide” or “fireball.”

In 2011, fireball had just $1.9 million in sales in the United States, reported Bloomberg Businessweek.

There's no concussion in vacuum, and the fireball won't reach here.

A fireball, which is an unusually lurid type of shooting star.

fireball Cinnamon Whiskey is manufactured by Sazerac, an alcoholic beverage company based in Metairie, La.

Eventually the fireball made its exit from the room through a keyhole!

fireball insists that there are “no health risks” and that “all fireball formulas are absolutely safe to drink.”

The European formula for fireball has even less: under one gram per kilogram of propylene glycol.