"fireballing" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Etymology tree English fireball English -ing English fireballing From fireball + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|fireball|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English fireball English -ing English fireballing From fireball + -ing. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} fireballing (not comparable)
  1. (baseball) Tending to pitch fastballs Tags: not-comparable Related terms: fireballer
    Sense id: en-fireballing-en-adj-OQ2trdCx Categories (other): Baseball, English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 70 30 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 81 19 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English fireball English -ing English fireballing From fireball + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|fireball|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English fireball English -ing English fireballing From fireball + -ing. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fireballing
  1. present participle and gerund of fireball Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: fireball
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