flare-up

2 definitions found

flare-up - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Flare-up \Flare"-up`\, n.
     1. A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute.
        [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A sudden bursting into flame; a flaring.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

flare-up - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  flare-up
      n 1: a sudden intense happening; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a
           burst of lightning" [syn: outburst, burst, flare-up]