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Määritelmät

Substantiivi

1. A ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion, or (fiction, mythology) thrown as a weapon.
2. (informal) A feisty, strong-willed person.
3. (baseball) Synonym of fastball (“a high-speed pitch of a baseball”).
4. (astronautics) A bright glow caused by a spacecraft re-entering an atmosphere.
5. (astronomy) A meteor bright enough to cast shadows; a bolide.
6. (sailing) A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.
7. (weaponry, historical) A bag or ball filled with combustible material which is thrown as a weapon or to set something alight.
8. (heraldry) A charge depicting a disc-shaped bombshell with flames emitted from the top, or sometimes from the top, bottom, and on either side.
9. An emanation of St. Elmo's fire; also (later), of ball lightning.
10. A ball-shaped firelighter.
11. A ball of heat-resistant material placed in a fire to slow down the burning of the fuel.
12. (figurative) A statement intended to cause dissension or as a provocation.

Verbi

1. (transitive, fiction, chiefly fantasy, science fiction) To attack (someone or something) with balls of fire.
2. To explode in a ball of fire or flame.
3. (figurative) To emerge suddenly; to explode.
4. (baseball) To pitch a baseball very fast.

Adjektiivi

1. (slang) Excellent, terrific.