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fire-breathing

adjective fire-breath·ing \ ˈfī(-ə)r-ˌbrē-t͟hiŋ \

Definition of fire-breathing

1 : breathing or appearing to breathe fire : able to produce a stream of fire from the mouth
  • fire-breathing dragons
2 : intimidatingly or violently aggressive in speech and manner
  • a fire-breathing orator
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fire-breather

play \ˈfī(-ə)r-ˌbrē-t͟hər\ noun

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First Known Use of fire-breathing

1605

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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