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Adjective: freewheeling  'free'wee-ling
  1. Free of restraints or rules
    "freewheeling foolishness"; "the versatility of his poetic freewheeling style"
     
  2. Cheerfully irresponsible
    "freewheeling urban youths";
    - carefree, devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy [informal]
Verb: freewheel  'free'weel
  1. Live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
    "My son freewheeled around for years in California before going to law school";
    - drift
     
  2. Coast in a vehicle using the freewheel

See also: irresponsible, unrestrained

Type of: coast, exist, live, subsist, survive

Encyclopedia: Freewheeling

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