firework
noun
- a pyrotechnic display.
- a display of violent temper or fierce activity.
- any spectacular display, especially of wit or of a technical feat by a musician or dancer.
Origin of firework
Related Words for fireworks
sparklersExamples from the Web for fireworks
Contemporary Examples of fireworks
More clumsily, fireworks stand in for the Big Bang and a potato and peas are invoked to explain relativity.
We sat on the grass, in the hot twilight, watching the fireworks burst in patriotic showers of light over Independence.
“The U.S. celebrates the day it became independent every year with fireworks rather than sorrow,” he said.
I remember my father leaving our July 4th fireworks party to go to Rome where my grandfather died.
Drones have been used to photograph everything from football games to fireworks displays.
Historical Examples of fireworks
The Fireworks Music was scored for fifty-six wind instruments.
HandelEdward J. Dent
Well, then, le's have Fourth o' July fireworks next Sunday mornin'!
Tiverton TalesAlice Brown
Did you know you are to drive me into town in the phaeton for the fireworks?
The Gentleman From IndianaBooth Tarkington
These dismal shells, when they burst in the air, were like the fireworks at a fte.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
Nevertheless, this colossal hospitality--apart from the fireworks--cost us nothing at all.
FreelandTheodor Hertzka