1. Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation
   "a tearaway decision";
   - hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous, madcap, brainish [archaic]

1. A reckless and impetuous person
   "The tearaway teenager was always getting into trouble"

1. Remove by pulling or ripping violently and forcefully
   "The passing bus tore away her side mirror";
   - tear off, rip off

Derived forms: torn away, tore away, tears away, tearaways, tearing away

See also: incautious

Type of: daredevil, harum-scarum, hothead, lunatic, madcap, remove, swashbuckler, take, take away, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Tearaway