Definition of "tearaway" [tearaway]

• An impetuous and reckless person who is difficult to control; a hothead. (noun)

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• "Teenage 'tearaway' Adriana, pictured with mum, is sent to a farm."
• "Two 'tearaway' brothers suspected of attacking and 'torturing' pair of schoolboys"
• "City manager compared woman he bombarded with phone calls to Kate Winslet Two 'tearaway' brothers suspected of attacking and 'torturing' pair of schoolboys"