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fire⋅ball

[fahyuhr-bawl]
–noun
1. a ball of fire, as the sun; a shooting star.
2. a luminous meteor, sometimes exploding.
3. lightning having the appearance of a globe of fire; ball lightning.
4. the highly luminous central portion of a nuclear explosion.
5. a ball filled with explosive or combustible material, used as a projectile to injure the enemy by explosion or to set fire to their works.
6. Informal. an exceptionally energetic or ambitious person.

Origin:
1545–55; fire + ball 1

Rob⋅erts

[rob-erts]
–noun
1. Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
2. Elizabeth Mad⋅ox [mad-uhks] , 1886–1941, U.S. poet and novelist.
3. Frederick Sleigh [sley] , Earl (“Bobs Bahadur”), 1832–1914, British field marshal.
4. Glenn (“Fireball”), 1929–64, U.S. racing-car driver.
5. Kenneth (Lewis), 1885–1957, U.S. novelist and essayist.
6. Oral, born 1918, U.S. evangelist.
7. Owen Jo⋅se⋅phus [joh-see-fuhs] , 1875–1955, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1930–45.
8. Richard John, born 1943, U.S. molecular biologist, born in England: Nobel prize 1993.
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ball of fire  
n.   pl. balls of fire
A highly energetic or dynamic person. Also called fireball.
fire·ball   (fīr'bôl')   
n.  
  1. A brilliantly burning sphere.

  2. A highly luminous, intensely hot spherical cloud of dust, gas, and vapor generated by a nuclear explosion.

  3. A meteor that is as bright or brighter than the brightest planets.

  4. See ball of fire.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
ball of fire

and fireball
  1. n.
    an energetic and ambitious person; a go-getter. : That guy is a real ball of fire when it comes to sales. , Wilfred ain't no fireball, but he gets his stuff in on time.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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