Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tire fire

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables: tire -fire
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disaster; a chaotic person, thing, or situation.

American usage

Example Sentences

"As the tire fire that is the Edmonton Oilers rages on, their AHL affiliate is going through a worse ordeal."
"The Reds pitching staff is a tire fire."
"The Browns . . . threw three quarterbacks into the tire fire against Baltimore last week."
"During his hourlong tire fire of an interview . . . the sheer volume of breathtaking lies flippantly uttered by President Trump made it legitimately difficult to decide which one of them posed the most direct threat to American democracy."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

tire fires (plural) tire-fire (alternative)

Phrases

dumpster fire

Frequently Paired Words

dumpster fire

Questions

What does tire fire mean?: A disaster; a chaotic person, thing, or situation.

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