Usually means: Rebellious person, often young, unruly.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word tearaway:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. tearaway: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tearaway: Merriam-Webster
  3. tearaway: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tearaway: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tearaway: Vocabulary.com
  6. tearaway: Wordnik
  7. tearaway: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. tearaway: Wiktionary
  9. tearaway: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. tearaway: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. tearaway: Dictionary.com
  12. Tearaway (video game), Tearaway: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. tearaway: Rhymezone
  14. tearaway: FreeDictionary.org
  15. tearaway: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. tearaway: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tearaway: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tearaway: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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▸ noun:  (informal, chiefly British, derogatory) An impetuous and reckless person who is difficult to control; a hothead.

Similar:
hotheaded, madcap, brainish, impulsive, incautious, impetuous, tearer, tear-cat, attercop, toerag, more...

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Similar:
hotheaded, madcap, brainish, impulsive, incautious, impetuous, tearer, tear-cat, attercop, toerag, more...

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Tearaway Unfolded, more...



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