Contextualizebeta

flamer

noun
/ˈfleɪmɚ/US

Etymology

Ultimately a surname of German origin.

Definitions

  1. A very flamboyant ("flaming"), effeminate gay male.

    • The thinking is Ralston's gay—lots of us Fifth Squadders think he's gay. Me, I think he is, and it don't bother me any. You's queer, you's queer. So he's a flamer—big deal. Or maybe he's a switch-hitter, a bisexual. Who knows?

  2. One who flames, or posts vitriolic criticism.

    • Send a note to the flamer. Tell him that his message was inappropriate. Request that he refrain from posting anything like it again.

  3. A fireball.

    • A Navy fighter was on the tail of a Jap dive bomber that was headed for the ships in the bay, and he nailed him at about 5,000 feet and made a flamer of him.
    • Fellows who didn't enjoy their breakfast unless they'd crept up behind some foolish Hun, put twenty rounds in his petrol tank and made a flamer of him.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A surname from German.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for flamer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA