Meaning of spit fire | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see spit, fire.
2. To be extremely angry.
3. To flash and reveal strong emotion.
4. To speak with vehemence.
5. To perform with skill and energy, especially when reciting poetry or rapping.

Examples

“If somebody cuts you off on the highway, don't spit fire—forget about it and arrive at your intended destination in one piece and as relaxed as possible.”

“If Lugh saw that mess, he'd spit fire, I says.”

“As Angel suspected, May chewed nails and spit fire when the sheriff released her into her stepmother's custody.”

“Her pretty gray-blue eyes no longer spit fire.”

“Her eyes spit fire, but she nodded, if a quick jerk of her head could be called a nod.”

“It described her to a tee; from her fiery mane of red hair to her beautiful emerald eyes that spit fire when she was angry or frustrated.”

“It would do no good to spit fire at him. He'd only laugh, and then he'd get his own way anyway.”

“Many look as if butter would not melt in their mouths, and yet can spit fire when it suits their purpose.”

“The beneficed ministers, however, stimulated by missives from the Scotch kirk, now in arms for Charles II., continued, says the gentle Mrs. Hutchinson, to 'spit fire out of their pulpits,' and even the rout of their allies at Dunbar, though it made their tongues less dangerous, did not make them more smooth.”

“Her motive is simple — “To spit fire into microphones that she might inspire a generation; to rekindle revolution through the power of revelation."”

“We spit fire, drink Coca-Cola, have dance parties, and are Big Brothers and Sisters.”

“Honey's was packed, but that didn't always mean you were gonna make a lot of money, 'cause fifty percent of the niggas wanted to see the pussy spit fire for a fucking dollar.”

“A bouquet of chaotic words salvaged from the unceasing winter storm that churns regularly in the seemingly quiet little mind of a seventeen-year-old idealist who loves to spit fire at the world when she’s feeling fussy.”

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