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shitfire

shitfire interjection: used to express surprise, shock, exasperation, or disbelief.

Interjection

  1. (US, slang, vulgar) Used to express surprise, shock, exasperation, or disbelief.
    • Shitfire! I never thought he'd get the nomination.

Noun

shitfire (plural shitfires)

  1. (derogatory, slang, vulgar) Synonym of spitfire (“a person with a fiery temper”)
    Synonyms:
    spitfire

Synonyms of shitfire

Forms of shitfire

Interjection
alternative formshit fire
alternative formshit-fire
Noun
pluralshitfires

Origin of shitfire

From shit + fire, possibly a calque of Spanish cacafuego (“braggart”, literally “fireshitter”).

Questions about shitfire

What does shitfire mean?
Shitfire means used to express surprise, shock, exasperation, or disbelief.
What part of speech is shitfire?
Shitfire can be an interjection or a noun.

Words near shitfire in the dictionary

  1. shitfaces
  2. shitfest
  3. shitfests
  4. shitfight
  5. shitfights
  6. shitfire
  7. shitfires
  8. shitfit
  9. shitfits
  10. shitflation
  11. shitflood

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