as in pistol
a very energetic person
what this club needs is a fireball who will bring some sorely needed energy and enthusiasm
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Recent Examples of fireball
Saturday a few hours after several explosions were heard in Venezuela’s capital city of Caracas, witnesses said, and photos and videos showed plumes of smoke and a large fireball in the night sky.
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ABC News, 4 Jan. 2026
Your first major opportunity to spot shooting stars and bright fireballs in 2026 arrives overnight tonight with the peak of the Quadrantid meteor shower, though only the brightest members may be visible, as the annual event crescendos in the bright light of a full moon.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 3 Jan. 2026
The fireball was silent, both North Carolinians said.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 3 Jan. 2026
Though a full moon will spoil the show in 2026, stargazers could be treated to a host of bright fireballs and the sight of multiple meteors per hour whizzing across the night sky at more than 25 miles per second when the Quadrantids peak.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
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ABC News, 4 Jan. 2026
Your first major opportunity to spot shooting stars and bright fireballs in 2026 arrives overnight tonight with the peak of the Quadrantid meteor shower, though only the brightest members may be visible, as the annual event crescendos in the bright light of a full moon.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 3 Jan. 2026
The fireball was silent, both North Carolinians said.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 3 Jan. 2026
Though a full moon will spoil the show in 2026, stargazers could be treated to a host of bright fireballs and the sight of multiple meteors per hour whizzing across the night sky at more than 25 miles per second when the Quadrantids peak.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fireball
Noun
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Presumably that meant plastic pistols were nonstarters.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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One video appears to show a Border Patrol officer removing a pistol from Pretti’s waistband after he had been pinned to the ground by other agents.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This process, called the solar dynamo, operates deep below the surface.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Feb. 2026
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But larger rocky worlds such as super-Earths are thought to have cores that are either fully solid or fully liquid, which typically limit the operation of a conventional, Earth-like core dynamo.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Fireball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fireball. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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