Flare-up

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flare-up \Flare"-up`\, n.
     1. A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute.
        [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A sudden bursting into flame; a flaring.


        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flare-up
       n : a sudden violent happening; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a
           burst of lightning" [syn: {outburst}, {burst}]