Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fire-eater

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: fire-eater
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A performer who pretends to swallow fire.

noun

A quarrelsome or belligerent person.

noun

An extreme partisan for the South before the US Civil War.

American usage

noun

Alternative form of fire-eater (“extreme partisan for the South before the US Civil War”).

American usage

Example Sentences

""But he is a regular fire eater!" "He's a bad man—a blamed bad man!" fluttered Danny Griswold. "That's right," nodded Lewis Little. "He really wants to fight with swords, I believe.""
"Frustrated in their attempts to change the law, fire-eaters turned their efforts to breaking it."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

fire-eaters (plural) fire eater (alternative) fireeater (alternative)

Phrases

fire-eating

Frequently Paired Words

fire-eating

Synonyms

firebreather fire-breather fire breather fire-swallower hothead firefighter fire fighter

Questions

What does fire-eater mean?: A performer who pretends to swallow fire.

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