fire-breathing
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- adjective
- /ˈfaɪərˌbrɛðɪŋ/
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que escupe fuego
- Again, they moved farther along the coast to meet a third trio of fire-breathing giants.
- fire-breathing dragon
- fire-breathing monster
- fire-breathing beast
They wake up fire breathing Dragons, eating nails and spitting blood.
- They wake up fire breathing Dragons, eating nails and spitting blood.
- OK, so is there a worse predator than Serpentine flying fire breathing reptile?
- But I think when it really matters, the type A comes out and it's you know, you're living with a fire breathing dragon because you're just so you're just so motivated.
Examples
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"She was locked away in a castle "guarded by a terrible fire-breathing dragon.
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And as the boy drank more broth and even ate a little bread, Alaric sang of knights, fair maidens, and fire-breathing monsters.
Fiction book (1998) -
A big, green, fire-breathing dragon.
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That contest would decide who was the fire-breathing pro!
Fiction book (1998) -
Not the fire-breathing monster she'd been expecting? More like a character out of a comic strip.
Fiction book (1998) -
I am going to go to the belly of the beast and see a fire-breathing dragon and take out my sword.
Blog text (32) -
One of the shows developed on the Las Vegas Strip several years ago involved the use of a fire-breathing robotic dragon.
Academic text (2006) -
Ladies and gentlemen, gather around and be amazed at the fire-breathing feats of El Diablo.
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Who wouldn't want to be a giant, fire-breathing robotic Tyrannosaurus Rex?
Blog text (10) -
Ladies and gentlemen, gather around and be amazed at the fire-breathing feats of El Diablo.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fire-breathing is a simple compound of fire and breathing and literally means 'breathing out fire', like a dragon or a performer who blows a flame from their mouth. So we use it for any person or creature said to be able to send fire from their mouth.