Lexic.us

Definition of Fireball

1. Noun. An especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding).

2. Noun. A highly energetic and indefatigable person.

3. Noun. A ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning).

4. Noun. The luminous center of a nuclear explosion.

Definition of Fireball

1. n. A ball filled with powder or other combustibles, intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by explosion; also, to set fire to their works and light them up, so that movements may be seen.

2. n. Ball, or globular, lightning.

Definition of Fireball

1. Noun. A ball of fire. ¹

2. Noun. An explosion, which results in a fireball. ¹

3. Noun. (astronomy) A meteor bright enough to cast shadows. ¹

4. Noun. A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fireball

1. a luminous meteor [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fireball

fire trucks fire up fire walker fire walking fire warden fire watch fire watcher fire watching fire wheel fireable

firearm firearmed firearms fireback firebacks fireball (current term) fireballer fireballers fireballing firebare

firebares firebase firebases firebird firebirds fireblast fireblasts fireblight fireboard

Literary usage of Fireball

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The ObservatoryAstronomy (1903)
"... FRAS 329 Twilight fireball. By Rev. SJ JOHNSON, MA, RR.AS 330 Observatories :— Cambridge University.—Perth, W. Australia. ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"... Bird migration in central Switzerland in relation to meteorological conditions. Nature li'i1: 47-8 S 20 '17 Meteors Brilliant fireball of October 1. ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1887)
"28 November; a fireball at Naples. 1821. 30 November ; a fireball at Delitzsch. ... 27 November; a fireball as large apparently as the moon, at Prague. ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1879)
"Although doubtless visible (as some of the descriptions show) at a much earlier period of its flight, the first point at which the fireball's course was ..."

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