tearaway

tear·a·way

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tair-uh-wey]
- /ˈtɛər əˌweɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tair-uh-wey]
- /ˈtɛər əˌweɪ/

Definitions of tearaway word

adjective tearaway designed to be easily separated or opened by tearing: a box with a tearaway seal. 1
noun tearaway British. a wild, reckless person. 1
adjective tearaway reckless 1
noun tearaway reckless person 1
countable noun tearaway If you refer to a young person as a tearaway, you mean that they behave in a wild and uncontrolled way. 0
noun tearaway a reckless impetuous unruly person 0

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Origin of tearaway

First appearance:

before 1825

One of the 37% newest English words

First recorded in 1825-35; adj., noun use of verb phrase tear away

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Parts of speech for Tearaway

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Tearaway

tearaway popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Synonyms for tearaway

noun tearaway

hothead — an impetuous or short-tempered person.
yobbo — yob.

All 2 Synonyms of tearaway