happy-go-lucky
happy-go-lucky adjective: carefree or untroubled.
Adjective
happy-go-lucky (comparative happy-go-luckier, superlative happy-go-luckiest)
- carefree or untroubled
- Hill says the shows began to morph from happy-go-lucky, fun series to production-line star-makers, which subconsciously changed the tone of the series: "Reality talent shows made it easier and quicker for audiences to pay to vote for the winner and loser, and to comment positively and negatively on...2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC
Noun
happy-go-lucky (plural happy-go-luckies)
- One who is happy-go-lucky.
- Now, both these kids are your friends, but one is mature and responsible, taking his time to understand what he is doing and why he is doing it, and the other friend is a happy-go-lucky, who just lets things happen to him.1978, Rita Puttcamp, Operation Bro-kee, page 35
- Sara was presumably the “desperate” girl and Thomas the “happy-go-lucky” who would be vindicated once Sara's baby was born “too soon,” less than nine months after their encounter2006, Karin Barber, Africa's Hidden Histories: Everyday Literacy and Making the Self
- A person who does odd jobs.
- Then we have a new bunch growing up called "casuals". I looked that up in the dictionary and it means happy-go-luckies. The amount for these happy-go-luckies or casuals involves another 25 per cent of the total amount of the item, and we are asked to vote it without any details whatsoever.1950, Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, Official Report of Debates
Adverb
happy-go-lucky (comparative more happy-go-lucky, superlative most happy-go-lucky)
- As luck will have it.
- You have nothing to fear ; you have your twenty guineas in your pocket for helping me into my service, and if I get into Mrs. Martha's quarters, you have a hundred more ; if into the widow's, fifty : — happy go lucky !1731, William Wycherley, Plays Written by Mr. William Wycherley
happy-go-lucky meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
happy-go-lucky in Tamil
- சோம்பல் வாழ்வுடைய, வருவது வரட்டும் என்றிருக்கிற, விரும்பியவாறு
happy-go-lucky in Malayalam
- carefree, easy-going, casual
- നിർവിചാരിയായ, ഗൗരവബുദ്ധിയില്ലാത്ത, ഗൗരവമില്ലാത്ത, ഒന്നും ഗൗരവമായെടുക്കാത്ത, ഉത്കണ്ഠയോ ഉത്തരവാദിത്വമോ ഇല്ലാത്ത, നിർവിചാരഭാവമുള്ള
Synonyms of happy-go-lucky
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Forms of happy-go-lucky
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | happy-go-luckier |
| superlative | happy-go-luckiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | happy-go-luckies |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more happy-go-lucky |
| superlative | most happy-go-lucky |
Questions about happy-go-lucky
- What does happy-go-lucky mean?
- Happy-go-lucky means carefree or untroubled.
- What is happy-go-lucky in Tamil?
- Happy-go-lucky in Tamil is சோம்பல் வாழ்வுடைய, வருவது வரட்டும் என்றிருக்கிற, விரும்பியவாறு. See Happy-go-lucky meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is happy-go-lucky?
- Happy-go-lucky can be an adjective, a noun or an adverb.
Words near happy-go-lucky in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: happy-go-lucky (page history and authors); happy-go-lucky (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); happy-go-lucky (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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