Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who is recklessly bold.
- adj. Recklessly bold. See Synonyms at adventurous.
Wiktionary
- n. A person who risks life and limb for a living, or to be seen
- adj. recklessly bold; adventurous
Etymologies
- From dare + devil. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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.”
“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
“I nuture my crazy bone regularly in daredevil ways for my 40 years.”
“INDIANAPOLIS - Nathan Byrd was known as a daredevil, a wiry stagehand who would take on jobs no one else wanted.”
“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
“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.”
“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.”
The Wall Street Journal: Oscar Peterson's Least-Familiar Music
“A month shy of his 52nd birthday, Nathan Byrd was a veteran stagehand known as a daredevil.”
“When Les Fleury talks about his daughter, he recalls a daredevil athlete who was the only”
“Abby Sunderland's father, Laurence Sunderland, has signed a contract to do a reality show called Adventures in Sunderland, about his family of "daredevil" kids, he revealed to the New York Post.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘daredevil’.
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POL - scandalous (single words only)
acolyte, archrival, backhander, backlash, baksheesh, bashing, boo, bribery, cadre, chicanery, clash, coercion and 256 more...
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POL - people in power
daredevil, tzar, king, boss, master, commander, chief, kingpin, top banana, bigwig, big cheese, big wheel and 452 more...
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®emovies
Movies or TV shows where the titles are also common words, generally one-word titles.
lost, alien, bug, elephant, siege, gladiator, flock, captivity, piano, roots, freaks, moonstruck and 269 more...
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Words that are also movies
Unabashedly stolen from a comment made by courier12.
vertigo, serendipity, casablanca, psycho, jaws, fantasia, stagecoach, network, rocky, giant, platoon, unforgiven and 285 more...
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POL - scandalous (words and collocati...
Words and collocations associated with political scandal
blow the whistle, boo, cronyism and rigging, democratic deficit, denigrate, dirty linen, fiasco, finger pointing a..., graft, hidden account, hush money, illicit financing... and 578 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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Steampunk
Words used quite often in steampunk
ansible, airship, chymical, valve, clockwork, dirigible, thaumaturgy, copper, bronze, difference engine, gear, rivets and 521 more...
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Wordlist_WordOperation_Test
Testing WordOperation Test
test, assay, trial balloon, crucible, double-blind, stanford-binet, chi-square, binet-simon scale, test drive, tau coefficient o..., screen-test, dry run and 56 more...
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I am : brave
brave, bold, courageous, audacious, doughty, chivalrous, gallant, gutsy, gumption, plucky, spunky, nerve and 12 more...
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Killjoy et al
Namely, compounds consisting of a verb with a direct object immediately after it, without inflection
killjoy, lickspigot, quakebuttock, throttlebottom, scattergood, scapegrace, swillbowl, tosspot, breakfast, cutthroat, pickpocket, dreadnought and 84 more...
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EN-HU - fun and challenge to translate
Highly descriptive coinages (either in EN or HU) which are difficult to translate between the two languages. If - as a simultaneous interpreter - you get them right on the move, you deserve to be p...
backpfeifengesicht, a wise head on yo..., bad hair day, big cheese, blame shift, cherry picking, intellectual heav..., lack nunchi, schlimazl, cash cow, cherry boy, ass munch and 65 more...
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1906 Railway Cipher Code
Terms from the Standard Cipher Code of the American Railway Association, 1906. The terms were shorthand for common phrases used in telegraphic communications between station agents and Railway Asso...
abdominal, abetting, abiology, ablative, abnormal, abominate, aboveboard, abrasive, absinth, abstinent, accursed, acetate and 212 more...
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Negasonic Teenage Warhead
"Wow, we really have run out of names."
Codenames of superheroes, supervillains, etc. (that are actual words, or unique spellings of actual words).rogue, gambit, wolverine, storm, cyclops, phoenix, cypher, beast, berzerker, toad, avalanche, magma and 125 more...
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Words that kick serious ass
juggernaut, haymaker, gung-ho, frag, smite, blunderbuss, gargantuan, ragnarok, ripsnorter, herculean, silverback, firebrand and 127 more...
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Holding Out for a Hero
In honor of terrific and terrible summer blockbusters.
daredevil, martyr, swashbuckler, champion, warrior, protagonist, idol, savior, defender, the chosen one, top dog, white knight and 15 more...
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picaresque
An assortment of ruffians, villains and scamps.
(who are remarkably endearing for all they are bad seeds...)ruffian, villain, scamp, imp, fiend, bastard, cad, brute, desperado, miscreant, knave, devil and 62 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for daredevil.

bilby An inbox stuffed full of unread and unanswered telegrams sounds as bad as email. Jan 21, 2013
hernesheir "Time stated is too short". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Jan 21, 2013
gulyasrobi HU: "kalandor" (adventurer) Aug 7, 2012