daredevil
a recklessly daring person.
recklessly daring.
Origin of daredevil
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Other high-scoring title hopefuls employ slot guys, downfield burners and jump-ball daredevils.
The Packers Need A Receiver Who Can Do It All. Good Thing They Have Davante Adams. | Robert O'Connell | January 20, 2022 | FiveThirtyEightIn “Don Q, Son of Zorro,” Fairbanks stars as both the aging champion and his son, Cesar de Vega — a daredevil by instinct who unites the best parts of Zorro and his father’s Diego identity.
Zorro at 100: Why the original swashbuckler is still the quintessential American action hero | Michael Sragow | January 1, 2021 | Washington PostAs sensor systems continue to evolve, each will play a role in the system, collectively taking in constant stimulus from the road and world around the car—whether it’s a passing truck or daredevil driver making an ill-advised lane change.
How the autonomous vehicle engineers at Ford are helping to make it safer to drive | By Ford Built for America | December 3, 2020 | Popular-ScienceHis 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 | THE DAILY BEASTI 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 | THE DAILY BEAST
Riders from Russia's Kremlin Riding School formed a human pyramid on galloping mounts in a daredevil show of horseback acrobatics.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd 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 | THE DAILY BEASTShe did not make any of those daredevil speeches one generally caps with others more reckless still.
Child Life In Town And Country | Anatole FranceHe at once conceived one of his daredevil passions for the "inanimate statue," and boldly set out to attract her attention.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall | W. R. H. TrowbridgeWith him came a youth of his own age with daredevil eyes and a suave manner, one Dane Grey, to whom Harry gave scant greeting.
Erskine Dale--Pioneer | John FoxHe even went so far, a daredevil look in his sanguine blue eyes now, as to ask Miss Geralds opinion.
Nothing But the Truth | Frederic S. IshamIt was true; Tuckerman couldnt look like a daredevil with those enormous glasses.
Peter Cotterell's Treasure | Rupert Sargent Holland
British Dictionary definitions for daredevil
/ (ˈdɛəˌdɛvəl) /
a recklessly bold person
reckless; daring; bold
Derived forms of daredevil
- daredevilry or daredeviltry, noun
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