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fire-breather

fire-breather is the alternative form of firebreather.

Meaning of firebreather

Noun

firebreather (plural firebreathers)

  1. A performer who creates fireballs by breathing a fine mist of fuel over an open flame.
  2. Any creature, such as a dragon, that breathes flame.
  3. (colloquial) A verbally aggressive person.
    • Our new boss is a real firebreather!

Forms of fire-breather

pluralfire-breathers

Questions about fire-breather

What is fire-breather the alternative form of?
Fire-breather is the alternative form of firebreather.

Words near fire-breather in the dictionary

  1. fire-blight
  2. fire-board
  3. fire-boards
  4. fire-bote
  5. fire-botes
  6. fire-breather
  7. fire-breathers
  8. fire-breathing
  9. fire-bucket
  10. fire-buckets
  11. fire-capped tit

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