SINCE 1828
fire-breathing
adjective
fire-breath·ing
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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
Other Words from fire-breathing
fire-breather
\ ˈfī(-ə)r-ˌbrē-t͟hər
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noun
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noun
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