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Spitfire

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cannon.
  2. 2
    A single-seat fighter used by the RAF and allies during World War II, especially during the Battle of Britain. historical
  3. 3
    a highly emotional and quick-tempered person (especially a girl or woman) wordnet
  4. 4
    A person with a fiery temper, someone easily provoked to anger, especially a woman or girl.

    "1801, Peter Viereck, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin., Volume ⅩⅠⅠⅠ, by John Nichols (arranged by Thomas Sheridan), p. 143, published in London "―But however provoked, are your scribbling spitfires never to be satisfied?""

  5. 5
    A larva of the spitfire sawfly, Perga affinis.

Etymology

Deverbal from spit fire.

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