spitfire

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The definition of a spitfire is a person who gets easily angry or excited.

(noun)

An example of a spitfire is the character Yosemite Sam from the Bugs Bunny cartoons.

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See spitfire in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person, esp. a woman or girl, who is easily aroused to violent outbursts of anger

See spitfire in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A quick-tempered or highly excitable person.

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