WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fire-eater n 1: a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires [syn: fireman, firefighter, fire fighter, fire- eater] 2: a belligerent grouch [syn: fire-eater, hothead] 3: a performer who pretends to swallow fire [syn: fire-eater, fire-swallower]