Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who is recklessly bold.
- adjective Recklessly bold. synonym: adventurous.
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- noun A person who risks
life and limb for a living, or to be seen - adjective
recklessly bold ;adventurous
Etymologies
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Examples
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The red and white daredevil is a classic but I have actually caught more on the blue fox five of diamonds, yellow spoon with red diamonds.
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The red and white daredevil is a classic but I have actually caught more on the blue fox five of diamonds, yellow spoon with red diamonds.
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I nuture my crazy bone regularly in daredevil ways for my 40 years.
The Crazy Side 2008
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I have always like Jon Favreau as a director and actor and was happy when he joined the marvel family in daredevil (a good film in spite of ben affleck)
Sound Off: Iron Man - What Did You Think? « FirstShowing.net 2008
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INDIANAPOLIS - Nathan Byrd was known as a daredevil, a wiry stagehand who would take on jobs no one else wanted.
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i agree with #15 about Jason at some point needs to prove himself, but i am excited to hear this. i think they need to get Joe Quesada on board too if daredevil is going to be any good. andrew on Aug 6, 2008
Jason Statham Wants to Play Daredevil, Frank Miller Agrees « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Piloting the twin-engine B-25 was Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, a stocky, balding flier often called a daredevil in the press but best described as master of the calculated risk.
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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Piloting the twin-engine B-25 was Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, a stocky, balding flier often called a daredevil in the press but best described as master of the calculated risk.
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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In the pinnacle years of his fame, beginning with his high-energy trios of 1953-58 (with bassist Ray Brown and guitarist Herb Ellis), and then of 1959-65 (with Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen), up to his stroke in 1993, Peterson was known as a daredevil virtuoso.
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A month shy of his 52nd birthday, Nathan Byrd was a veteran stagehand known as a daredevil.
gulyasrobi commented on the word daredevil
HU: "kalandor" (adventurer)
August 7, 2012
hernesheir commented on the word daredevil
"Time stated is too short". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
bilby commented on the word daredevil
An inbox stuffed full of unread and unanswered telegrams sounds as bad as email.
January 21, 2013