TEARAWAY

Meaning of TEARAWAY in English

/ ˈteərəweɪ; NAmE ˈter-/ noun

( BrE , informal ) a young person who is difficult to control and often does stupid, dangerous and/or illegal things

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TEARAWAY — noun Date: 1950 a rebellious and unruly or reckless young person
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TEARAWAY — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: tear away chiefly Britain : one that acts or moves with impetuousity or speed at his best, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TEARAWAY — /tair"euh way'/ , adj. 1. designed to be easily separated or opened by tearing: a box with a tearaway seal. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TEARAWAY — n. (Slang) mugger
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TEARAWAY — noun Date: 1950 British : a rebellious and unruly or reckless young person
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TEARAWAY — ■ noun Brit. a person who behaves in a wild or reckless manner.
Concise Oxford English vocab
TEARAWAY — [tear.away] n (1950) Brit: a rebellious and unruly or reckless young person
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TEARAWAY — tearaway BrE AmE ˈteər ə ˌweɪ AmE \ ˈter- ˈtær- ▷ tearaway|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TEARAWAY — tear ‧ a ‧ way /ˈteərəweɪ $ ˈter-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] informal a young person who behaves badly and …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TEARAWAY — n. Brit. 1 an impetuous or reckless young person. 2 a hooligan.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TEARAWAY — n. Brit. 1 an impetuous or reckless young person. 2 a hooligan.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TEARAWAY — n. Brit. 1. an impetuous or reckless young person. 2 a hooligan.
Oxford English vocab
TEARAWAY — ( tearaways) If you refer to a young person as a tearaway , you mean that they behave in a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TEARAWAY — (~s) If you refer to a young person as a ~, you mean that they behave in a wild and …
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TEARAWAY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I am 20 years old with a one-year-old who is adorable, but a real tearaway …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TEARAWAY — [noun] [C] [UK and ANZ] [informal] - a young person, usually male, who behaves in an uncontrolled way and is …
Cambridge English vocab
TEARAWAY — n. 25B6; noun HOOLIGAN, hoodlum, ruffian, lout, rowdy, roughneck; Austral. larrikin; informal yahoo; Brit. informal yob, yobbo; Scottish informal ned; …
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TEARAWAY — n infml He used to be a bit of a tearaway — Он был в свое время сорвиголова They think every kid …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
TEARAWAY — n infml He used to be a bit of a tearaway — Он был в свое время сорвиголова They think …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
TEARAWAY — tearaway n infml He used to be a bit of a tearaway Он был в свое время сорвиголова They think …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
TEARAWAY — He used to be a bit of a tearaway — Он был в свое время сорвиголова They think every kid …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
TEARAWAY
Subsidiary English-Russian Dictionary
TEARAWAY — n. Pronunciation: ' ter- ə - ˌ w ā Function: noun Date: 1950 British : a rebellious and unruly or …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HEART — ( hearts) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Your heart is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEART — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Your ~ is the organ …
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SUNROOF — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE electric ▪ Standard equipment includes an electric sunroof , electric front windows, remote control …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SLIDE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a door slides open/shut (= moves smoothly to the side or back again ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ROWDY — n. 25B6; adjective rowdy youths : UNRULY, disorderly, obstreperous, riotous, undisciplined, uncontrollable, ungovernable, disruptive, out of control, rough, wild, lawless; …
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IMP — n. 25B6; noun imps are thought to sprout from Satan : DEMON, devil, fiend; hobgoblin, goblin, elf, sprite, puck, cacodemon; …
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HOOLIGAN — n. 25B6; noun HOODLUM, thug, lout, delinquent, tearaway, vandal, ruffian, troublemaker; Austral. larrikin; informal tough, rough, bruiser, roughneck; Brit. informal …
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DAREDEVIL — n. 25B6; noun a young daredevil crashed his car : MADCAP, hothead, adventurer, exhibitionist, swashbuckler; stuntman; Brit. tearaway; informal show-off. …
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