What does FIREBALL mean?

Definitions for FIREBALL
ˈfaɪərˌbɔlfire·ball

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bolide, fireballnoun

    an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)

  2. powerhouse, human dynamo, ball of fire, fireballnoun

    a highly energetic and indefatigable person

  3. fireballnoun

    a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)

  4. fireballnoun

    the luminous center of a nuclear explosion

GCIDE

  1. Fireballnoun

    A large mass of fire caused by a large explosion, as of inflammable liquids or a nuclear device. The larger fireballs, as of nuclear explosions, rise seemingly intact into the air and may reach high altitudes while still glowing.

  2. Fireballnoun

    A rare phenomenon often associated with or caused by lightning, resembling a luminous ball of fire passing rapidly through the air or along solid objects, then disappearing, and sometimes exploding. It seldom lasts more than a few seconds. Also called ball lightning, globe lightning, globular lightning, or kugelblitz.

Wiktionary

  1. fireballnoun

    A ball of fire.

  2. fireballnoun

    An explosion, which results in a fireball.

  3. fireballnoun

    A meteor bright enough to cast shadows.

  4. fireballnoun

    A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Fireballs.n.

    Grenado; ball filled with combustibles, and bursting where it is thrown.

    Etymology: fire and ball.

    Judge of those insolent boasts of conscience, which, like so many fireballs, or mouth grenadoes, are thrown at our church. Robert South, Sermons.

    The same great man hath sworn to make us swallow his coin in fireballs. Jonathan Swift.

Wikipedia

  1. Fireball

    Fireball is the twenty-first single by B'z, released on March 5, 1997. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon chart, but became their first single since Itoshii Hitoyo Good Night... not to sell over a millions copies, with 755,000 copies sold. It also became their first single since Itoshii Hitoyo Good Night... not to chart in the yearly top 20, charting at #24.

ChatGPT

  1. fireball

    A fireball is a ball or sphere of intensely hot, glowing fire or light, such as in the event of an explosion or produced by a meteor impact. It could also refer to a very bright meteor that is remarkably visible, brighter than any planet or star in the night sky. Additionally, it could mean a small, brightly colored cocktail made with cinnamon whisky and apple cider.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fireballnoun

    a ball filled with powder or other combustibles, intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by explosion; also, to set fire to their works and light them up, so that movements may be seen

  2. Fireballnoun

    a luminous meteor, resembling a ball of fire passing rapidly through the air, and sometimes exploding

Wikidata

  1. Fireball

    Fireball is the fifth album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in 1971. and the second with the classic Mk II lineup. It was recorded at various times between September 1970 and June 1971. It would become the first of the band's three UK #1 albums, though it didn't stay on the charts as long as its predecessor, Deep Purple in Rock.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. fireball

    The luminous sphere of hot gases which forms a few millionths of a second after detonation of a nuclear weapon and immediately starts expanding and cooling.

Editors Contribution

  1. Fireball

    The brand name of a once popular travel trailer in the 1950's though the 1970's.

    The Kurmann Manufacturing changed their name to Fireball Industries.


    Submitted by JP03 on November 21, 2014  

Suggested Resources

  1. fireball

    Song lyrics by fireball -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by fireball on the Lyrics.com website.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of FIREBALL in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of FIREBALL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of FIREBALL in a Sentence

  1. Darryl Pitt:

    For the light (of the fireball) to overwhelm the brightness of the day, it was a significant event.

  2. Donald Stratton:

    We got hit with the big bomb and that exploded like a million pounds of ammunition. The fireball went about sixty, seventy feet in the air, the explosion could have taken us away, but it didn't and thank God we made it across.

  3. Donald Stratton:

    We got hit with the big bomb and that exploded like a million pounds of ammunition. The fireball went about 60, 70 feet in the air, the explosion could have taken us away, but it didn't and thank God we made it across.

  4. Missouri State Trooper Jim Thuss:

    It instantly didn't look good, there was a big plume of smoke, and then (another) big plume of smoke came from the Honda. I could see the fireball.

  5. Michael Logue:

    I stand up on overwatch and we start rolling forward. And 30 seconds later, I see a Marine in the open. I see a fireball. And then I see I, you know, start to feel explode, you know, start to hear the explosion because you always kind of feel it and see things first and then then you actually hear it, it was a pressure plate, IED with like hacksaw blades, and it shot the amount of explosives, had a piece of steel over top of it. So it creates a big shaped charge. And it just sliced right through the aluminum underbelly of this Amphibious Assault Vehicle hitting all the jet fuel, hitting all the 50,000 rounds of ammunition.

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