"fireball" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈfaɪəbɔːl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfaɪəɹˌbɔl/ [General-American], /-ɑl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fireball.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-fireball.wav
Etymology: The noun is derived from fire (noun) + ball (noun). The adjective and verb are derived from the noun. Etymology templates: {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|explosion}} sense 1, {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|astronomy}} sense 4, {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|sailing}} sense 5, {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|heraldry}} sense 6.1, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{compound|en|fire|ball|notext=1|pos1=noun|pos2=noun|type=exocentric}} fire (noun) + ball (noun), {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{glossary|verb}} verb Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} fireball (not comparable)
  1. (slang) Excellent, terrific. Tags: not-comparable, slang Synonyms: excellent
    Sense id: en-fireball-en-adj-KAPkUB4p

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfaɪəbɔːl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfaɪəɹˌbɔl/ [General-American], /-ɑl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fireball.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-fireball.wav Forms: fireballs [plural]
Etymology: The noun is derived from fire (noun) + ball (noun). The adjective and verb are derived from the noun. Etymology templates: {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|explosion}} sense 1, {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|astronomy}} sense 4, {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|sailing}} sense 5, {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|heraldry}} sense 6.1, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{compound|en|fire|ball|notext=1|pos1=noun|pos2=noun|type=exocentric}} fire (noun) + ball (noun), {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{glossary|verb}} verb Head templates: {{en-noun}} fireball (plural fireballs)
  1. A ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion, or (fiction, mythology) thrown as a weapon. Categories (topical): Fiction, Mythology Translations (ball of fire): كُرَة نَارِيَّة (kura nāriyya) [feminine] (Arabic), ildkugle [common-gender] (Danish), kuglelyn [neuter] (Danish), vuurbal [masculine] (Dutch), vuurbol [masculine] (Dutch), fajropilko (Esperanto), tulipallo (Finnish), boule de feu [feminine] (French), Feuerball [masculine] (German), pōpōahi (Hawaiian), tűzgolyó (Hungarian), bolide [masculine] (Italian), palla di fuoco [feminine] (Italian), 火球 (kakyū) (alt: かきゅう) (Japanese), 火の玉 (hi no tama) (Japanese), igneus nōdus [masculine] (Latin), о́гнена то́пка (ógnena tópka) [feminine] (Macedonian), آذرگوی (âzarguy) (Persian), آتشگوی (âtaš-guy) (Persian), bola de fogo [feminine] (Portuguese), minge de foc [feminine] (Romanian), о́гненный шар (ógnennyj šar) [masculine] (Russian), pabilog na apoy (Tagalog), ลูกไฟ (lûuk-fai) (Thai), filaglöp (Volapük)
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  2. (figurative)
    (informal) A feisty, strong-willed person.
    Tags: figuratively, informal Translations (feisty, strong-willed person): tulisielu (Finnish)
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  3. (figurative)
    (baseball) Synonym of fastball (“a high-speed pitch of a baseball”).
    Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Baseball Synonyms: fastball [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-fireball-en-noun-tY2ktg4~ Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. (astronautics) A bright glow caused by a spacecraft re-entering an atmosphere. Categories (topical): Astronautics Translations (bright glow caused by a spacecraft re-entering the atmosphere): tulipallo (Finnish)
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  5. (astronomy) A meteor bright enough to cast shadows; a bolide. Categories (topical): Astronomy Synonyms: bolis
    Sense id: en-fireball-en-noun-en:astronomy Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  6. (sailing) A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two. Categories (topical): Sailing, Watercraft Translations (class of sailing dinghy): fireball-jolla (Finnish), fireball [masculine] (French), Fireball [masculine] (German), fireball (Icelandic), eldhnöttur [masculine] (Icelandic), fireball [masculine] (Italian)
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  7. (weaponry, historical) A bag or ball filled with combustible material which is thrown as a weapon or to set something alight. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-fireball-en-noun-a13X19CP Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  8. (weaponry, historical) A bag or ball filled with combustible material which is thrown as a weapon or to set something alight.
    (heraldry) A charge depicting a disc-shaped bombshell with flames emitted from the top, or sometimes from the top, bottom, and on either side.
    Tags: historical Categories (topical): Heraldic charges, Weapons, Weapons
    Sense id: en-fireball-en-noun-en:heraldry Disambiguation of Weapons: 0 10 3 5 5 3 6 8 12 13 8 3 2 8 7 3 4 Topics: engineering, government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, military, monarchy, natural-sciences, nobility, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  9. (obsolete)
    An emanation of St. Elmo's fire; also (later), of ball lightning.
    Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Fire, Nuclear warfare, Violence, Weapons
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  10. (obsolete)
    A ball-shaped firelighter (“small block of a flammable substance, typically a combination of sawdust and wax, used to light fires”).
    Tags: obsolete
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  11. (obsolete)
    A ball of heat-resistant material placed in a fire to slow down the burning of the fuel.
    Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-fireball-en-noun-ry5KUV9V
  12. (obsolete)
    (figurative) A statement intended to cause dissension or as a provocation.
    Tags: figuratively, obsolete
    Sense id: en-fireball-en-noun-Upy0i~ka
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fireballer, fireballing [adjective] Related terms: ball of fire Translations (bag or ball filled with combustible material; (heraldry) charge depicting a disc-shaped bombshell): tulipallo (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'bag or ball filled with combustible material; (heraldry) charge depicting a disc-shaped bombshell': 6 2 2 2 1 3 30 32 5 7 7 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈfaɪəbɔːl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfaɪəɹˌbɔl/ [General-American], /-ɑl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fireball.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-fireball.wav Forms: fireballs [present, singular, third-person], fireballing [participle, present], fireballed [participle, past], fireballed [past]
Etymology: The noun is derived from fire (noun) + ball (noun). The adjective and verb are derived from the noun. Etymology templates: {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|explosion}} sense 1, {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|astronomy}} sense 4, {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|sailing}} sense 5, {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|heraldry}} sense 6.1, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{compound|en|fire|ball|notext=1|pos1=noun|pos2=noun|type=exocentric}} fire (noun) + ball (noun), {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{glossary|verb}} verb Head templates: {{en-verb}} fireball (third-person singular simple present fireballs, present participle fireballing, simple past and past participle fireballed)
  1. (transitive, fiction, chiefly fantasy, science fiction) To attack (someone or something) with balls of fire. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Fantasy, Fiction, Science fiction Translations (to attack (someone or something) with balls of fire): hyökätä tulipalloin (Finnish)
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  2. (intransitive)
    To explode in a ball of fire or flame.
    Tags: intransitive Translations (to explode in a ball of fire or flame): räjähtää tulipalloksi (Finnish)
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  3. (intransitive)
    (figurative) To emerge suddenly; to explode.
    Tags: figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-fireball-en-verb-CICMaYs3
  4. (intransitive)
    (baseball) To pitch a baseball very fast.
    Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Baseball Translations (to pitch a baseball very fast): syöttää nopea syöttö (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fireball-en-verb-bajbkT4I Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'to pitch a baseball very fast': 1 0 0 99

Inflected forms

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          "text": "At 7:45 p.m. there was a sudden “whooshing” noise, and a mercilessly intense fireball exploded from under the escalator, ballooned up into the ticket hall and ignited all combustible material in the area. As a result of the flashover of the fireball, the temperature rose by several hundred degrees in a matter of seconds, and it was believed that it reached 600°C with zero visibility.",
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          "text": "At the time of this photo, Royal Marine Gunner Bryan Gasson is pretty much dead centre in this photo, and yes, that means he is literally inside that socking great fireball as the magazines detonate.",
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          "text": "[page 1] There ſeem to be three concentric ſtrata of our incumbent atmoſphere; in vvhich, or betvveen them, are produced four kinds of meteors; lightning, ſhooting ſtars, fire-balls, and northern lights. […] [page 2] Dr. [Charles] Blagden has related the hiſtory of another large meteor, or fire-ball, vvhich vvas ſeen the 18th of Auguſt, 1783, vvith many ingenious obſervations and conjectures.",
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          "text": "In December 1997, a fireball passed eastward before dawn over the southwestern corner of Greenland, and then blew up into at least four fragments. Just five days later, according to reports from Colombia, three fireballs struck Bogotá, one of them causing the death of four children by setting their home ablaze.",
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          "text": "Ninety-four years after the Tunguska fireball. […] A US Air Force spots an object as it enters the atmosphere, but loses track of it as it falls below 30 kilometres. Moments later a second satellite records a fireball exploding in the clouded sky.",
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          "text": "But the swoon was only brief. [Klay] Thompson scorched his way to 27 first-half points, the Warriors fireballed back into a 17-point lead and a statement half was sealed from the deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep left corner, early in the clock and without a dribble – vintage Klay, vintage Warriors.",
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          "text": "At 7:45 p.m. there was a sudden “whooshing” noise, and a mercilessly intense fireball exploded from under the escalator, ballooned up into the ticket hall and ignited all combustible material in the area. As a result of the flashover of the fireball, the temperature rose by several hundred degrees in a matter of seconds, and it was believed that it reached 600°C with zero visibility.",
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          "text": "In a moment, he was caught by the blast. He threw up his arms to cover his head as the surge of energy created by the fireball threw him aside.",
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          "text": "At the time of this photo, Royal Marine Gunner Bryan Gasson is pretty much dead centre in this photo, and yes, that means he is literally inside that socking great fireball as the magazines detonate.",
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          "text": "Her folks have a lot of money. I've never seen her, but she must be quite a fireball.",
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    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
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          "text": "On Feb. 24, [Yaroslava] Mahuchikh (pronounced ma-GU–chi-huh or ma-HU-chick) was startled awake by shuddering booms in Dnipro, her hometown, in east-central Ukraine. Russia had begun its invasion. An explosion, caught on video, fireballed into the dark sky. Dnipro's airport and area military facilities had come under attack.",
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          "text": "But the swoon was only brief. [Klay] Thompson scorched his way to 27 first-half points, the Warriors fireballed back into a 17-point lead and a statement half was sealed from the deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep left corner, early in the clock and without a dribble – vintage Klay, vintage Warriors.",
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        "To pitch a baseball very fast."
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to attack (someone or something) with balls of fire",
      "word": "hyökätä tulipalloin"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to explode in a ball of fire or flame",
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      "word": "syöttää nopea syöttö"
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    "Chelyabinsk meteor",
    "Nevada Test Site",
    "Operation Upshot–Knothole"
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}

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