"shitfire" meaning in English

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Interjection

Forms: shit fire [alternative], shit-fire [alternative]
Etymology: From shit + fire, possibly a calque of Spanish cacafuego (“braggart”, literally “fireshitter”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shit|fire}} shit + fire, {{clq|en|es|cacafuego||braggart|lit=fireshitter|nocap=1}} calque of Spanish cacafuego (“braggart”, literally “fireshitter”)
  1. (US, slang, vulgar) Used to express surprise, shock, exasperation, or disbelief. Tags: US, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-shitfire-en-intj-V7B7HGVa Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12

Noun

Forms: shitfires [plural], shit fire [alternative], shit-fire [alternative]
Etymology: From shit + fire, possibly a calque of Spanish cacafuego (“braggart”, literally “fireshitter”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shit|fire}} shit + fire, {{clq|en|es|cacafuego||braggart|lit=fireshitter|nocap=1}} calque of Spanish cacafuego (“braggart”, literally “fireshitter”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} shitfire (plural shitfires)
  1. (slang, vulgar, derogatory) Synonym of spitfire (“a person with a fiery temper”) Tags: derogatory, slang, vulgar Synonyms: spitfire [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-shitfire-en-noun-rJskZCey

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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