Spitfire
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Spitfire is a slang term for a highly-excitable or passionate person, especially a woman. It may also refer to:
In aircraft:
- Supermarine Spitfire, a single-seat fighter plane used in World War II
In ships:
- Cacafuego, a Spanish treasure galleon captured by Sir Francis Drake, euphemistically translated as Spitfire
- HMS Spitfire, the name of three British naval ships
- USS Spitfire, the name of four U.S. naval ships
In movies:
- Spitfire (1934 movie), a U.S. film starring Katharine Hepburn
- Spitfire, the U.S. title of the 1942 British film The First of the Few
- Spitfire (1994 movie), a U.S. film starring Lance Henriksen
In music:
- Spitfire (The midwestern Hip-Hop latino. A.K.A. Tokbolzaphunk) One of the most soulful Emcees in the Midwest. Air Personality on HOT 107.9 in Fort Wayne, IN. Album due out in 2008.
- Spitfire (song), a 2005 single by the British electronica act The Prodigy
- Spitfire (Jefferson Starship album), a 1976 album by Jefferson Starship
- Spitfire (song), by norwegian psyco-pop artist Bertine Zetlitz (2000)
- Spitfire (UK band), a garage rock band from Crawley, West Sussex, England
- Spitfire (US band), a hardcore band from Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
- Spitfire (Russian band), a ska band from Saint Petersburg, Russia; see www.spitfire.spb.ru
- The Mexican Spitfires Sydney-based Australian indie-pop band of the 1980s; sometimes abbreviated as "the Spitfires" or "the Spitties"
- Spitfire Records, a heavy metal-oriented record label
In comics:
- Spitfire (comics), a fictional character in Marvel Comics World War Two-era superteam "The Invaders"
- Spitfire (New Universe), a.k.a. Spitfire and the Troubleshooters and Codename: Spitfire, a comic book published under the New Universe imprint of Marvel Comics
In software:
- Spitfire Security Server, an enterprise information security product manufactured by Bloombase Technologies
- Spitfire (BBS), a software program for operating a Bulletin Board System
In other uses:
- Triumph Spitfire, a small two-seat British sports car from Triumph Motor Company
- Lupe Vélez, an actress known as "the Mexican spitfire"
- Spitfire (beer), a UK bottled and cask beer
- Spitfire (football club), a team from Trinidad and Tobago
- Spitfire sawfly, a type of insect and its caterpillar found in Australia
- Spitfire Wheels, a skateboard-wheel brand by Deluxe Distribution
- Windsor Spitfires, a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League
- Spitfire Pistol, a British made 9mm semi-automatic pistol
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