Fireball

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A fireball is a somewhat spherical mass of fire.

It may also refer to:

Science

• A quark–gluon plasma created in a particle accelerator or, more generally, the system formed in relativistic particle collisions
• Ball lightning
• Fireball, see Nuclear weapon yield
• Fireball (meteor), a brighter-than-usual meteor
• Bolide, an extremely bright meteor

Transportation

• Ryan FR Fireball, an American aircraft
• Fireball (dinghy), a sailing boat
• Buick V6 engine, originally marketed as Fireball

Entertainment

• The Fireball, a 1950 film starring Mickey Rooney and Pat O'Brien
• Fireball (film), a 2009 Thai martial arts action film directed by Thanakorn Pongsuwan
• One of the "stalkers" from the film The Running Man
• Fireball (manga), an unfinished manga
• Fireball (anime), CGI anime shorts created by Wataru Arakawa & animated by Jinni's Animation Studios in conjunction with Disney
• Fireball XL5, a British TV series
• Fireball Hikari, a protagonist of Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs American animated TV series (1987-1988)
• Fireball (novel), a science fiction novel and the first in the Fireball trilogy by John Christopher
• Fireball (comic), the main character from the 70s Bullet comic
• Fireball, a member of the Crusaders (DC Comics) team of superheroes
• Fireball, a member of the Young Allies (DC Comics) team of superheroes
• Fireball, a member of the New Crusaders (Archie Comics) superhero team
• Fireball (pinball), a pinball machine
• Hadouken (Street Fighter), also referred to as fireball, a ki-energy attack in the game Street Fighter
• Fireball (Dungeons & Dragons), a fictional magic spell in Dungeons & Dragons
• Fire Ball, an amusement ride

Music

• Fireballs (band), an Australian Punkabilly band
• The Fireballs, an American rock and roll band
• Fireball (album), a hard rock album by British band Deep Purple
  • "Fireball" (Deep Purple song), a Deep Purple song from the album of the same name
• "Fireball" (Dev song), the debut single by American singer Dev
• "Fireball" (B'z song), a single by Japanese band B'z
• "Fireball" (Pitbull song), 2014 song by Pitbull featuring John Ryan
• "Fireball", song by Willow Smith featuring Nicki Minaj

In sports

• Fireball (nickname), several people
• Fireball (wrestling), an illegal professional wrestling move
• Augusta FireBall, an American soccer team in 2005 and 2006
• Tucson Fireballs, an American United Soccer Leagues team from 1997 to 2001, originally the Los Angeles Fireballs
• Fireball (wrestler), a Mexican professional wrestler

Ammunition

• .221 Remington Fireball, a centerfire cartridge
• .17 Remington Fireball, based on the .221 Fireball
• .300 Whisper, sometimes known as the .300 Fireball

Other uses

• Fireball Cinnamon Whisky, a cinnamon flavoured Canadian whisky liqueur
• Fireball, the plant species Kochia scoparia
• 522d Special Operations Squadron, a US Air Force squadron nicknamed the Fireballs
• McMaster Engineering Fireball, official symbol of the Faculty of Engineering McMaster University

See also

• Ball of Fire (disambiguation)
• Fireball 500, a 1966 stock car racing film