fire-eater
noun
an entertainer who pretends to eat fire.
fire-eating
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a word derived from
fire-eater.
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a word derived from
fire-eater.
fire-eaternounan entertainer who pretends to eat fire.
Example Sentences
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The publication was founded in 1955 by the legendary gadfly William F. Buckley Jr. as a salon for the various right-leaning fraternities in American life: fire-eating libertarians, orthodox Catholics, conspiratorial anti-communists.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2025
Many of the tricks, too, are familiar, including the priceless segment in which Teller swallows one sewing needle after another, and Penn’s climactic fire-eating routine.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2015
Polishing off one of McIntosh’s half-smokes isn’t an exercise in fire-eating, as with some interpretations of D.C.’s defining link.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2015
A couple days ago I found myself sitting in a digital cave with an enormous fire-eating hell-demon.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 9, 2014
He’s seen billboards with fire-eating clowns and a pretty woman in a feathered headdress.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
