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fire-eating1
noun
The action or practice of eating, or appearing to eat, flames (from a burning torch), burning coals, red-hot metal, etc., especially as a performance at a circus, fair, or similar entertainment.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in The Monthly Review. From fire + eating, after fire-eater.
fire-eating2
adjective
1That eats, or appears to eat, flames (from a burning torch), burning coals, red-hot metal, etc., especially as a performance at a circus, fair, or similar entertainment.
2Fierce, belligerent, quarrelsome.
3US historical Designating an extreme Southern partisan advocating secession from the Union. See "fire-eater".
Origin
Early 18th century. From fire + eating, after fire-eater.
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