firebug

/fˈaɪɚbˌʌɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

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noun

Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae.

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Slang

"But the firebug allegedly ran back inside yelling before he finally took off."
"In the video, she can be heard explaining to the firebugs that she has been working with victims of the wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes and forced more than 100,000 people to evacuate."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire English bug English firebug From fire + bug.

firebugs (plural)

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How do you pronounce firebug?

The recorded pronunciation is /fˈaɪɚbˌʌɡ/.

What does firebug mean?

Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae.

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