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Tearaway

//ˈtɛəɹəweɪ// noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An impetuous and reckless person who is difficult to control; a hothead. British, derogatory, informal

    "She opened her heart / To a tearaway (sheepskin tearaway) / Was covered with scars / And full of heroin"

  2. 2
    a reckless and impetuous person wordnet

Etymology

From tear + away.

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