'Spitfire' definitions:
Definition of 'spitfire'
From: WordNet
noun
A highly emotional and quick-tempered person (especially a girl or woman)
Definition of 'Spitfire'
From: GCIDE
- Spitfire \Spit"fire`\, n. A violent, irascible, or passionate person. [Colloq.] --Grose. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'spitfire'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- battle-ax,
- beast,
- beldam,
- berserk,
- berserker,
- bitch,
- bomber,
- brute,
- cat,
- common scold,
- demon,
- devil,
- dragon,
- fiend,
- fire-eater,
- firebrand,
- fishwife,
- fury,
- goon,
- gorilla,
- gunsel,
- hardnose,
- hell-raiser,
- hellcat,
- hellhound,
- hellion,
- holy terror,
- hood,
- hoodlum,
- hothead,
- hotspur,
- incendiary,
- killer,
- mad dog,
- madcap,
- Mafioso,
- monster,
- mugger,
- rapist,
- revolutionary,
- savage,
- scold,
- she-devil,
- she-wolf,
- shrew,
- termagant,
- terror,
- terrorist,
- tiger,
- tigress,
- tough,
- tough guy,
- ugly customer,
- violent,
- virago,
- vixen,
- wild beast,
- witch,
- wolf,
- Young Turk