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tearaway

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  • noun informal, chiefly UK, pejorative An impetuous and reckless person who is difficult to control; a hothead.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a reckless and impetuous person
  • adjective characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation

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synonyms (1)

Words with the same meaning

  1. tearabout

equivalents (1)

Other words for 'tearaway'

  1. incautious

hypernyms (6)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. dare-devil
  2. harum-scarum
  3. hot-head
  4. lunatic
  5. madcap
  6. swashbuckler

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Cross-references

  1. tear away

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