spit fire (English, verb)
expansion: spit fire (third-person singular simple present spits fire, present participle spitting fire, simple past and past participle spat fire or spit fire)
Senses:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see spit, fire.
glosses: To be extremely angry.
glosses: To flash and reveal strong emotion.
raw_tags: of eyes
glosses: To speak with vehemence.
glosses: To perform with skill and energy, especially when reciting poetry or rapping.
Forms:
form: spits fire
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: spitting fire
tags: participle
present
form: spat fire
tags: participle
past
form: spat fire
tags: past
form: spit fire
tags: participle
past
form: spit fire
tags: past