spit fire
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To perform with skill and energy, especially when reciting poetry or rapping.
Intransitive verb; Slang
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see spit, fire.
noun
Nonstandard form of spitfire.
Example Sentences
- "If somebody cuts you off on the highway, don't spit fire—forget about it and arrive at your intended destination in one piece and as relaxed as possible."
- "If Lugh saw that mess, he'd spit fire, I says."
- "As Angel suspected, May chewed nails and spit fire when the sheriff released her into her stepmother's custody."
- "Her pretty gray-blue eyes no longer spit fire."
- "Her eyes spit fire, but she nodded, if a quick jerk of her head could be called a nod."
- "It described her to a tee; from her fiery mane of red hair to her beautiful emerald eyes that spit fire when she was angry or frustrated."