spitfire
Plural: spitfires
Noun
- A quick-tempered and passionate person.
- a highly emotional and quick-tempered person (especially a girl or woman)
- A cannon.
- A person with a fiery temper, someone easily provoked to anger, especially a woman or girl.
- A larva of the spitfire sawfly, Perga affinis.
Examples
- She became a SPITFIRE whenever her Words With Friends opponent managed a surprising high score.
Origin / Etymology
A compound of spit + fire
Scrabble Score: 13
spitfire: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordspitfire: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
spitfire: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
spitfire: valid Words With Friends Word