Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
fire-swallower is a noun meaning "a performer who pretends to swallow fire". It carries one recorded sense.
a performer who pretends to swallow fire
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fire-swallower come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.