Firework
noun
A device that when ignited, makes bright lights and loud noise, often used for celebrations.
The sky was filled with the bright explosion of fireworks during the New Year's Eve celebration.
Often appears as...
- firework display
- firework show
noun
A firework can also refer to a sudden, energetic, and exciting effect or event.
His entrance was like a firework, surprising and impressive.
Often appears as...
- firework of emotions
- firework of ideas
Usage tips
Figurative
noun
A device that when ignited, makes bright lights and loud noise, often used for celebrations.
The sky was filled with the bright explosion of fireworks during the New Year's Eve celebration.
Often appears as...
- firework display
- firework show
noun
A firework can also refer to a sudden, energetic, and exciting effect or event.
His entrance was like a firework, surprising and impressive.
Often appears as...
- firework of emotions
- firework of ideas
Usage tips
Figurative
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Celebration Cue
Use 'firework' to talk about events with joy and excitement, like festivals or national holidays.
They prepared fireworks for the annual harvest festival.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Spectacle
Mention 'firework' to describe the visual impact of bright, colorful displays in the sky.
The firework show painted the night sky in dazzling colors.
Pro Tip 3/3Loud Sounds
'Firework' also implies loud, sometimes startling bangs and booms, not just visuals.
The loud crackle of fireworks echoed throughout the city.
Pro Tip 1/3Celebration Cue
Use 'firework' to talk about events with joy and excitement, like festivals or national holidays.
They prepared fireworks for the annual harvest festival.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Spectacle
Mention 'firework' to describe the visual impact of bright, colorful displays in the sky.
The firework show painted the night sky in dazzling colors.
Pro Tip 3/3Loud Sounds
'Firework' also implies loud, sometimes startling bangs and booms, not just visuals.
The loud crackle of fireworks echoed throughout the city.
Pro Tip 1/3Celebration Cue
Use 'firework' to talk about events with joy and excitement, like festivals or national holidays.
They prepared fireworks for the annual harvest festival.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Spectacle
Mention 'firework' to describe the visual impact of bright, colorful displays in the sky.
The firework show painted the night sky in dazzling colors.
Pro Tip 3/3Loud Sounds
'Firework' also implies loud, sometimes startling bangs and booms, not just visuals.
The loud crackle of fireworks echoed throughout the city.
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How playing an...
each have corresponding areas of the brain where activity can be observed. But when researchers got the participants to listen to music, they saw fireworks. Multiple areas of their brains were lighting up at once, as they processed the sound, took it apart to understand elements like melody and rhythm,
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The magic ingredient...
In my junior year, my computer graphics professor showed us these wonderful short films. It was the first computer animation any of us had ever seen. I watched these films in wonder, transfixed, fireworks going off in my head, thinking, "That is what I want to do with my life."
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July 4: Fireworks PIPE...
bringing their explosive secrets with them today four generations of grew cheese are still active in the business handcrafting kaleidoscopic displays that dazzle crowds around the world they've provided the fireworks at many of the major celebratory events in recent
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Diving 1000m Below The...
like fireworks going off outside the window just constantly for about half an hour of every color shape description before you know it you're on the deep sea floor a big part of divas work is to understand the threats that the creatures of the deep are facing given
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The deadly irony of...
created all kinds of destructive weapons. From bombs to guns to cannons, gunpowder left its mark on the world in some pretty terrible ways, in contrast to the beautiful marks it can leave in the air. So, how does black powder propel fireworks into the sky?
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A lyrical bridge between...
and disappear in a firework of flames. But you either bring a letter or you write one there, and you burn it. And of course we know intuitively what is on those letters and postcards. It's a form of affection and love that is now no longer extant, yeah?
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Rachel Botsman: The case...
Over the next minute, you're going to see a bit like a conceptual fireworks display of all the dots that went on in my head. The first thing I began to how many big concepts were emerging -- from the wisdom of crowds to smart mobs --
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The truth about unwanted...
the opioid-liking system sets off fireworks. And then there's the wanting system. Wanting is mediated by this vast dopaminergic network in and beyond the emotional brain. It motivates us to move toward or away from a stimulus.
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What makes a poem … a...
Poets themselves have struggled with this question, often using metaphors to approximate a definition. Is a poem a little machine? A firework? An echo? A dream? Poetry generally has certain recognizable characteristics.
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Fireworks in Space - Fan...
with it otherwise you can't light because in space nothing burns because there's no option so if you managed to have it with its own oxidant there goes the difference is on earth fireworks go
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How playing an...
each have corresponding areas of the brain where activity can be observed. But when researchers got the participants to listen to music, they saw fireworks. Multiple areas of their brains were lighting up at once, as they processed the sound, took it apart to understand elements like melody and rhythm,
Video examples
The magic ingredient...
In my junior year, my computer graphics professor showed us these wonderful short films. It was the first computer animation any of us had ever seen. I watched these films in wonder, transfixed, fireworks going off in my head, thinking, "That is what I want to do with my life."
Video examples
July 4: Fireworks PIPE...
bringing their explosive secrets with them today four generations of grew cheese are still active in the business handcrafting kaleidoscopic displays that dazzle crowds around the world they've provided the fireworks at many of the major celebratory events in recent
Video examples
Diving 1000m Below The...
like fireworks going off outside the window just constantly for about half an hour of every color shape description before you know it you're on the deep sea floor a big part of divas work is to understand the threats that the creatures of the deep are facing given
Video examples
The deadly irony of...
created all kinds of destructive weapons. From bombs to guns to cannons, gunpowder left its mark on the world in some pretty terrible ways, in contrast to the beautiful marks it can leave in the air. So, how does black powder propel fireworks into the sky?
Video examples
A lyrical bridge between...
and disappear in a firework of flames. But you either bring a letter or you write one there, and you burn it. And of course we know intuitively what is on those letters and postcards. It's a form of affection and love that is now no longer extant, yeah?
Video examples
Rachel Botsman: The case...
Over the next minute, you're going to see a bit like a conceptual fireworks display of all the dots that went on in my head. The first thing I began to how many big concepts were emerging -- from the wisdom of crowds to smart mobs --
Video examples
The truth about unwanted...
the opioid-liking system sets off fireworks. And then there's the wanting system. Wanting is mediated by this vast dopaminergic network in and beyond the emotional brain. It motivates us to move toward or away from a stimulus.
Video examples
What makes a poem … a...
Poets themselves have struggled with this question, often using metaphors to approximate a definition. Is a poem a little machine? A firework? An echo? A dream? Poetry generally has certain recognizable characteristics.
Video examples
Fireworks in Space - Fan...
with it otherwise you can't light because in space nothing burns because there's no option so if you managed to have it with its own oxidant there goes the difference is on earth fireworks go
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Paul Engle
American Poet
Touch was important. The evening of the Third of July we would go around the neighborhood and look at the fireworks others had bought, taking them out of the brown paper sack and handling them cautiously as if they were precious stones. There was envy when we saw sacks with more in them than we had.
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Colin McRae
Scottish Driver
There's one part of the forest in Wales, it's like a natural bowl, and when we drove into it last time, it was getting dark. And as you came over the hill you could see fireworks being set off, the whole place was lit up and you could see this huge crowd all jumping up and down and cheering.
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Kacey Musgraves
American Artist
I write my songs and just play them, so there are not a whole lot of fireworks. As long as the music comes first, it's OK to have some fireworks. But not the other way around.
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Maria Callas
Greek Musician
You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there.
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Jimmy Smits
American Actor
I grew up in New York City, and I've got wonderful memories of the Fourth of July fireworks.
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James Buchan
British Novelist
Financial crises are like fireworks: they illuminate the sky even as they go pop.
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Dierks Bentley
American Musician
Growing up in Arizona, I love fireworks, shooting off bottle rockets and M80s.
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Jason Pierre-Paul
American Athlete
As far as fireworks, it's very dangerous. You shouldn't play with them.
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Baz Luhrmann
Australian Director
If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.
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Gene Simmons
American Musician
Kiss is a Fourth of July fireworks show with a backbeat.
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Paul Engle
American Poet
Touch was important. The evening of the Third of July we would go around the neighborhood and look at the fireworks others had bought, taking them out of the brown paper sack and handling them cautiously as if they were precious stones. There was envy when we saw sacks with more in them than we had.
Quote examples
Colin McRae
Scottish Driver
There's one part of the forest in Wales, it's like a natural bowl, and when we drove into it last time, it was getting dark. And as you came over the hill you could see fireworks being set off, the whole place was lit up and you could see this huge crowd all jumping up and down and cheering.
Quote examples
Kacey Musgraves
American Artist
I write my songs and just play them, so there are not a whole lot of fireworks. As long as the music comes first, it's OK to have some fireworks. But not the other way around.
Quote examples
Maria Callas
Greek Musician
You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there.
Quote examples
Jimmy Smits
American Actor
I grew up in New York City, and I've got wonderful memories of the Fourth of July fireworks.
Quote examples
James Buchan
British Novelist
Financial crises are like fireworks: they illuminate the sky even as they go pop.
Quote examples
Dierks Bentley
American Musician
Growing up in Arizona, I love fireworks, shooting off bottle rockets and M80s.
Quote examples
Jason Pierre-Paul
American Athlete
As far as fireworks, it's very dangerous. You shouldn't play with them.
Quote examples
Baz Luhrmann
Australian Director
If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.
Quote examples
Gene Simmons
American Musician
Kiss is a Fourth of July fireworks show with a backbeat.
Example 1 of 10
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