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fireball noun- an extremely energetic person US, 1949
- Children who were once seens as “bundles of energy,” “daydreamers,” or “fireballs,” are now considered “hyperactive,” “distractible,” and “impulsive.” — Thomas Armstrong, The Myth of the A.D.D. Child, p. 4, 1995
- in pinball, a ball that leaves play without scoring any points US
- — Bobbye Claire Natkin and Steve Kirk, All About Pinball, p. 112, 1977
- a tracer bullet US
- — American Speech, p. 268, December 1962: “The language of traffic policemen”
- a short but intense use of artillery in the Vietnam war US
- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 81, 1991
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