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tire fire

tire fire noun: a disaster; a chaotic person, thing, or situation.

Noun

tire fire (plural tire fires)

  1. (US, idiomatic, usually) A disaster; a chaotic person, thing, or situation.
    • As the tire fire that is the Edmonton Oilers rages on, their AHL affiliate is going through a worse ordeal.2014 December 19, “NHL: Oilers lose AHL affiliate Oklahoma City Barons due to attendance issues”, in Sports Illustrated, retrieved 10 Feb 2017
    • The Reds pitching staff is a tire fire.2016 May 18, Kraemer_17, "Listless Blue Jays Embarrassed for 2nd Night," BluebirdBanter.com (retrieved 10 Feb 2017)

Forms of tire fire

pluraltire fires
alternative formtire-fire

Questions about tire fire

What does tire fire mean?
Tire fire means a disaster; a chaotic person, thing, or situation.
What part of speech is tire fire?
Tire fire is a noun.
What is the plural of tire fire?
The plural of tire fire is tire fires.

Words near tire fire in the dictionary

  1. tire barriers
  2. tire bead
  3. tire beads
  4. tire chain
  5. tire chains
  6. tire fire
  7. tire fires
  8. tire gage
  9. tire gages
  10. tire gauge
  11. tire gauges

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