spitfire

IPA: spˈɪtfˈaɪɝ

A cannon.
A person with a fiery temper, someone easily provoked to anger, especially a woman or girl.
(historical) A single-seat fighter used by the RAF and allies during World War II, especially during the Battle of Britain.

Examples of "spitfire" in Sentences

We still call a hasty person a "spitfire", and a calumniator
Truth and honesty: Betty was known as a spitfire from her first breath.
You know, Elizabeth Edwards has been described as a spitfire, highly educated.
Skillman, NJ, is a real "spitfire," according to her parents, and is super outgoing.
These came from the direction of Mafeking, that place having proved too much a "spitfire" for their liking.
The Aviation Heritage Museum, Australia began with the exhibition of the historical 'spitfire', and after a few years it was followed by the 'Lancaster bomber', which was associated with the Second World War.
Reading that word in a book drives me completely bat-f*ck crazy since I'm reading Corambis I'm going to channel one of the characters - Mildmay : I was chatting about this with my best friend, the lovely Starfire, and for her the 'hit the wall' word is 'spitfire'.
Through a review of Army reports and the memories of a fellow POW tracked down in New Jersey, The Associated Press was able to reconstruct the conditions under which the young man — called a "spitfire" and the "life of the party" — starved to death in a prisoner of war camp.