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[ spit-fahyuhr ] / ˈspɪtˌfaɪər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR spitfire ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person, especially a girl or woman, who is of fiery temper and easily provoked to outbursts. (initial capital letter) a British fighter plane with a single in-line engine used by the R.A.F. throughout World War II. Origin of spitfireFirst recorded in 1590–1600; spit1 + fire Words nearby spitfirespitchcock, spit curl, spite, spite fence, spiteful, spitfire, Spithead, spit in the ocean, Spitsbergen, spit-shine, spitsticker Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for spitfireGet ready to bid farewell to the spitfire Bobby Bottleservice and big booty player Ref Jeff. The Zany Shades of Nick Kroll|Abby Haglage|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST It was the cataclysmic collision of spitfire upstart performer, brilliant pop song, and cheeky music video. Britney Spears’s ‘…Baby One More Time’ Turns 15: The Making of an Iconic Music Video|Kevin Fallon|October 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST The first thing that had moved him in the child was the friendlessness back of her spitfire offense. The Fighting Edge|William MacLeod Raine A wave of the hand, and the Spitfire is alongside, running up like a dog to its master. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field|Charles Carleton Coffin
He was struggling to stay afloat on the rough sea when a Spitfire began circling overhead. A Yankee Flier Over Berlin|Al Avery The captain of the Spitfire had left nothing undone to make the loss of the schooner appear purely accidental. The Last Cruise of the Spitfire|Edward Stratemeyer His Spitfire was now just a heap of smouldering wreckage many miles away. Dave Dawson with the Commandos|R. Sidney Bowen
British Dictionary definitions for spitfire
nouna person given to outbursts of spiteful temper and anger, esp a woman or girl Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to spitfirewench, fury, siren, hussy, bitch, hellion, carper, detractor, vixen, virago, nag, scold, battle-ax, biddy, harridan, harpy, madcap, termagant, backbiter, porcupine |