fireplay
fireplay noun: experimental play with fire, as by lighting matches.
Noun
fireplay (uncountable)
- Experimental play with fire, as by lighting matches.
- At least one study suggests that if you take a population of boys between kindergarten and fourth grade, 60 percent of them have committed unsupervised fireplay, which is to say that fireplay is a common and absolutely normal part of human development.2007 November 1, Michael Parrish, “10-Year-Old With Matches Started a California Wildfire”, in New York Times
- Any of various sexual practices involving fire, such as setting fire to alcohol against the skin.
- Many years I attended a BDSM conference where a well-known and respected BDSM master presented a demonstration of fireplay as part of the planned programme.2009, Peter Masters, This Curious Human Phenomenon
fireplay meaning in Bengali
fireplay in Bengali
- fireplay
- অগ্নিক্রীড়া ognikriṛa, অগ্ন্যুৎসব ôgnutśôb
Origin of fireplay
From fire + play.
Questions about fireplay
- What does fireplay mean?
- Fireplay means experimental play with fire, as by lighting matches.
- What is fireplay in Bengali?
- Fireplay in Bengali is অগ্নিক্রীড়া (ognikriṛa), অগ্ন্যুৎসব (ôgnutśôb). See Fireplay meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is fireplay?
- Fireplay is a noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fireplay (page history and authors); অগ্নিক্রীড়া (Bengali) (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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