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daredevil

[ dair-dev-uh l ]

/ ˈdɛərˌdɛv əl /

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noun

a recklessly daring person.

adjective

recklessly daring.

Origin of daredevil

First recorded in 1785–95; dare + devil

Words nearby daredevil

dardanelles, dardanus, dardic, dare, dare say, daredevil, daredeviltry, dareful, daren't, daresay, darfur

Example sentences from the Web for daredevil

His daredevil talent catapulted him to global fame as one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time.

Formula 1 Champion Michael Schumacher In Coma After Ski Accident |Barbie Latza Nadeau |December 30, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
I mean, I completely understand why people see me as a daredevil.

Nik Wallenda Will Tightrope Walk Across the Grand Canyon, and He’s Not Even Nervous |Anna Brand |June 22, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Riders from Russia's Kremlin Riding School formed a human pyramid on galloping mounts in a daredevil show of horseback acrobatics.

First Major Jubilee Show Kicks Off in Windsor |Tom Sykes |May 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Back home, “Queen Bess” found fame as a daredevil stunt pilot and parachute jumper.

Red Tails Overlooks the Story of America’s First Black Pilots |Marc Wortman |January 16, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

And now, thanks to a few minutes of daredevil antics on big screens around the world, it is doing so.

Stand Aside, Tom Cruise: The Real Star of ‘Ghost Protocol’ Is the Dubai Skyscraper He Scales |Alex Ritman |December 30, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The audacity of his daredevil recklessness was become a proverb.

A Texas Ranger |William MacLeod Raine
It was the same madcap, daredevil boy mellowed and strengthened by contact with the outside world.

Kennedy Square |F. Hopkinson Smith
A man who knew Jake's record in another county started a dark rumor which finally reached Lum and sent him after the daredevil.

In Happy Valley |John Fox
Where were you when your boy friend and his daredevil aces came over?

And Then the Town Took Off |Richard Wilson
We do not see the daredevil trooper of Languedoc and Munster, the duellist, the master of the roistering watch-beating Paunsfords.

Sir Walter Ralegh |William Stebbing

British Dictionary definitions for daredevil

daredevil

/ (ˈdɛəˌdɛvəl) /

noun

a recklessly bold person

adjective

reckless; daring; bold

Derived forms of daredevil

daredevilry or daredeviltry, noun