fire eating
Consuming burning torches
Fire eating is the performance art of extinguishing flames in the mouth—placing a lit torch inside and cutting off its oxygen.
Fire eaters work in circuses, sideshows, and street performances.
The term extends figuratively to aggressive, combative behavior: a fire-eating speech, fire-eating rhetoric from both sides of the aisle.
Traveling entertainment with performers
- sideshowSecondary carnival attraction
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- entertainerOne who amuses others
- showmanshipSkill at impressive presentation
act · routine · stunt · audience · applause · stage · troupe · vaudeville
Overwhelming surprise and wonder
- aweReverent fear and wonder
- dazzlingOverwhelmingly bright or impressive
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
- flamesVisible burning combustion
glow · visual · theatrical · crowd · wonder · gasps · thrill · primal
Managing exhalation deliberately
- swallowingIngesting via throat muscles
- fuelEnergy source material
- torchHandheld burning light source
- extinguishingCausing to stop burning
mouth · vapor · timing · practice · training · precision · control · coordination
Heat-caused tissue damage
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
- hazardSource of potential harm
- riskPossibility of harm
- flammableProne to ignition
chemical exposure · accident · precaution · safety · scarring · flash burn · petroleum · naphtha
circus
Traveling entertainment with performers
- sideshowSecondary carnival attraction
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- entertainerOne who amuses others
showmanship · act · routine · stunt · audience · applause · stage · troupe · vaudeville · cabaret
amazement
Overwhelming surprise and wonder
- aweReverent fear and wonder
- dazzlingOverwhelmingly bright or impressive
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
flames · glow · visual · theatrical · crowd · wonder · gasps · thrill · primal · firelight
breath control
Managing exhalation deliberately
- swallowingIngesting via throat muscles
- fuelEnergy source material
- torchHandheld burning light source
extinguishing · mouth · vapor · timing · practice · training · precision · control · coordination · discipline
burns
Heat-caused tissue damage
flammable · chemical exposure · accident · precaution · safety · scarring · flash burn · petroleum · naphtha · carcinogen
- folk entertainmentfolk dancing, folk theater, busking, street performance, street theater
- Ren fairejousting, knights, mead, turkey legs, jesters
- Stuntsstunt, stuntman, stunt double, daredevil, stunt performer
- variety actsacrobat, juggling, aerialist, magic, clown
- circus skillstrapeze, acrobatics, tightrope, contortion, juggling
- vaudevillevaudeville, variety show, variety act, music hall, headliner
fire eatingballoon twisting
Shaping inflatables into figures
face painting · mime · puppetry · ventriloquism · clowning
fire, eating, fireball, firebrand, firefighter, fireside, fireproof, firefighters, fireballs