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