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fire breathing

fire breathing is the alternative spelling of fire-breathing.

Meaning of fire-breathing

Adjective

fire-breathing (not comparable)

  1. (such as a dragon) That expels fire from the mouth and nostrils.
    • a fire-breathing dragon
  2. (literary) That emits or belches forth fire.
    • The deadly fire-breathing Cannon roar,
      Sending destructive Heralds thro' the Field.1706, Charles Johnson, Ramelies: A Poem, London: Ben Bragg, page 8
  3. (idiomatic) caustic, vitriolic or scathing.
    • a fire-breathing rant

Questions about fire breathing

What is fire breathing the alternative spelling of?
Fire breathing is the alternative spelling of fire-breathing.

Words near fire breathing in the dictionary

  1. fire bosses
  2. fire box
  3. fire boxes
  4. fire break
  5. fire breaks
  6. fire breathing
  7. fire brick
  8. fire bricks
  9. fire brigade
  10. fire brigades
  11. fire bucket

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fire breathing (page history and authors); fire-breathing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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