Etymology
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dare + devil
Pronunciation
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- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛədɛvəl/, [ˈdɛədɛvəɫ]
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daredevil (plural daredevils)
- A person who engages in very risky behavior, especially one who is motivated by a craving for excitement or attention. [from 1794]
- Synonyms: adrenaline junkie, adventurer, thrill-seeker
Even as a youngster, Steven was a bit of a daredevil riding up homemade wooden ramps on his BMX.
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person who engages in risky behavior
- Belarusian: сарвігалава́ m or f (sarvihalavá), смяльча́к m (smjalʹčák), ліха́ч m (lixáč), зух m (zux)
- Bulgarian: луда глава (luda glava), смелчага (bg) (smelčaga), гидия (bg) m (gidija)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 膽大妄為的人/胆大妄为的人 (zh) (dǎndàwàngwéi de rén), 鋌而走險的人/铤而走险的人 (zh) (dìng'érzǒuxiǎn de rén)
- Dutch: waaghals (nl) m
- Esperanto: riskemulo
- Finnish: huimapää, hurjapää (fi), uskalikko (fi)
- French: casse-cou (fr) m or f
- Georgian: თავზეხელაღებული (tavzexelaɣebuli)
- German: Wagehals (de) m, Waghals (de) m, Draufgänger (de) m, Draufgängerin (de) f
- Greek: ριψοκίνδυνος (el) m (ripsokíndynos)
- Hungarian: fenegyerek (hu)
- Italian: spericolato (it) m, temerario (it) m, scapestrato (it) m
- Japanese: 命知らず (ja) (いのちしらず, inochishirazu), 荒武者 (あらむしゃ, aramusha), 我武者羅 (ja) (がむしゃら, gamushara)
- Kyrgyz: тартынбас m or f (tartınbas)
- Macedonian: буен младеж m (buen mladež)
- Malayalam: സാഹസികൻ (ml) (sāhasikaṉ)
- Norwegian: våghals (no) m
- Polish: szaleniec (pl) m
- Russian: сорвиголова́ (ru) m or f (sorvigolová), смельча́к (ru) m (smelʹčák), лиха́ч (ru) m (lixáč), удале́ц (ru) m (udaléc)
- Spanish: arriesgado (es) m, temerario (es) m
- Swedish: våghals (sv) c
- Turkish: gözü pek (tr)
- Ukrainian: шиба́йголова m or f (šybájholova), зірви́голова m or f (zirvýholova), смільча́к m (smilʹčák), сміли́вець m (smilývecʹ), молоде́ць (uk) m (molodécʹ), пали́вода (uk) m or f (palývoda), проби́йголова m or f (probýjholova)
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Adjective
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daredevil (comparative more daredevil, superlative most daredevil)
- Recklessly bold; adventurous. [from 1832]
The climactic scene of “Rebel without a Cause” is the group of very daredevil teens playing chicken.
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recklessly bold; adventurous
daredevil (third-person singular simple present daredevils, present participle daredevilling or (US) daredeviling, simple past and past participle daredevilled or (US) daredeviled)
- (intransitive) To behave in a reckless, adventurous, or physically risky manner.