fire eating

noun

The act of putting fire into one's mouth and extinguishing it, as an entertaining performance.

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Meanings

nounfire eating (countable and uncountable, plural fire eatings)

plural fire eatings

  1. countableuncountableThe act of putting fire into one's mouth and extinguishing it, as an entertaining performance.
  2. countablefigurativelyuncountablequarrelsome or belligerent.
  3. UScountablehistoricaluncountableextremely partisan for the South before the US Civil War.
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APA

fire eating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20eating

MLA

“fire eating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20eating. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fire eating,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20eating.

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