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tearaways

tearaways is the plural of tearaway.

Meaning of tearaway

Noun

tearaway (plural tearaways)

  1. (UK, derogatory, informal) An impetuous and reckless person who is difficult to control; a hothead.
    • She opened her heart / To a tearaway (sheepskin tearaway) / Was covered with scars / And full of heroin2009, Peter Doherty, “Sheepskin Tearaway”, in Grace/Wastelands
    Synonyms:
    tearabout

Questions about tearaways

What is tearaways the plural of?
Tearaways is the plural of tearaway.

Words near tearaways in the dictionary

  1. tearably
  2. tearabout
  3. tearabouts
  4. tearage
  5. tearaway
  6. tearaways
  7. tearbrimmed
  8. teardown
  9. teardowns
  10. teardrop
  11. teardrop tomato

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