BALL OF FIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ball of fire mean? 

• BALL OF FIRE (noun)
  The noun BALL OF FIRE has 2 senses:

1. a highly energetic and indefatigable person

2. someone whose career progresses rapidly

  Familiarity information: BALL OF FIRE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BALL OF FIRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A highly energetic and indefatigable person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ball of fire; fireball; human dynamo; powerhouse

Hypernyms ("ball of fire" is a kind of...):

actor; doer; worker (a person who acts and gets things done)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ball of fire"):

self-starter (an energetic person with unusual initiative)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone whose career progresses rapidly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ball of fire; go-getter; whiz-kid; whizz-kid

Hypernyms ("ball of fire" is a kind of...):

actor; doer; worker (a person who acts and gets things done)