Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fire eating

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.72 in modern English

Syllables
fire eat-ing
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of putting fire into one's mouth and extinguishing it, as an entertaining performance.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

quarrelsome or belligerent.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

extremely partisan for the South before the US Civil War.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

fire eatings (plural)

Phrases

fire-eater

Frequently Paired Words

fire-eater

Questions

What does fire eating mean?
The act of putting fire into one's mouth and extinguishing it, as an entertaining performance.

How to pronounce fire eating

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