fireball.

A ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion, or (fiction, mythology) thrown as a weapon.

A feisty, strong-willed person.

Synonym of fastball (“a high-speed pitch of a baseball”).

A bright glow caused by a spacecraft re-entering an atmosphere.

A meteor bright enough to cast shadows; a bolide.

A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.

A bag or ball filled with combustible material which is thrown as a weapon or to set something alight.

A bag or ball filled with combustible material which is thrown as a weapon or to set something alight. A charge depicting a disc-shaped bombshell with flames emitted from the top, or sometimes from the top, bottom, and on either side.

An emanation of St. Elmo's fire; also (later), of ball lightning.

A ball-shaped firelighter (“small block of a flammable substance, typically a combination of sawdust and wax, used to light fires”).

A ball of heat-resistant material placed in a fire to slow down the burning of the fuel.

A statement intended to cause dissension or as a provocation.

Excellent, terrific.

To attack (someone or something) with balls of fire.

To explode in a ball of fire or flame.

The car swerved off a road, hit a wall, and fireballed as the petrol tank exploded.

To emerge suddenly; to explode.

To pitch a baseball very fast.