"fire-breathing" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-au-fire-breathing.ogg
Etymology: From fire + breathing. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fire|breathing}} fire + breathing Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} fire-breathing (not comparable)
  1. (of a fabled animal, such as a dragon) That shoots fire from the mouth or nostrils. Tags: not-comparable Translations (that emits flame): πυρίπνοος (purípnoos) (Ancient Greek), агняды́шны (ahnjadýšny) (Belarusian), આગ-ફૂંકતું (āga-phū̃ktũ) (Gujarati), craoslasrach (Irish), огнеды́шащий (ognedýšaščij) (Russian), eldsprutande (Swedish), вогнеди́шний (vohnedýšnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fire-breathing-en-adj-0ydadbs4 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Gujarati translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Gujarati translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of 'that emits flame': 71 29
  2. (idiomatic) caustic, vitriolic or scathing. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-fire-breathing-en-adj-M3la9h7p Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fire breathing Related terms: dragonbreath

Alternative forms

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