Spitfire

3 definitions found

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

  Spitfire \Spit"fire`\, n.
     A violent, irascible, or passionate person. [Colloq.]
     --Grose.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  spitfire
       n : a highly emotional and quick-tempered person (especially a
           girl or woman)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "spitfire":
     Mafioso, Young Turk, battle-ax, beast, beldam, berserk, berserker,
     bitch, bomber, brute, cat, common scold, demon, devil, dragon,
     fiend, fire-eater, firebrand, fishwife, fury, goon, gorilla,
     gunsel, hardnose, hell-raiser, hellcat, hellhound, hellion,
     holy terror, hood, hoodlum, hothead, hotspur, incendiary, killer,
     mad dog, madcap, monster, mugger, rapist, revolutionary, savage,
     scold, she-devil, she-wolf, shrew, termagant, terror, terrorist,
     tiger, tigress, tough, tough guy, ugly customer, violent, virago,
     vixen, wild beast, witch, wolf