: marked by capriciousness, recklessness, or foolishness
madcap
noun
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a madcap scheme to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel
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Cue a madcap Florida vacation that just might reunite the former couple.
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Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
The game is also part Tamagotchi-like (Jenny’s mood mustn’t drop to zero) and part madcap WarioWare collection of mini-games (to earn money, our star must walk the dog and clean the bathroom).
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
In a subsequent book, Plimpton goes with the pair to a madcap golf tournament and starts a ridiculous business venture, suggesting the on-field madness necessary to succeed in football bleeds into off-field life as well.
—Stephen Siff, The Conversation, 26 Nov. 2025
Thrilled that so many got a kick out of this glimpse of this madcap version of 1930s England.
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Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
The game is also part Tamagotchi-like (Jenny’s mood mustn’t drop to zero) and part madcap WarioWare collection of mini-games (to earn money, our star must walk the dog and clean the bathroom).
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
In a subsequent book, Plimpton goes with the pair to a madcap golf tournament and starts a ridiculous business venture, suggesting the on-field madness necessary to succeed in football bleeds into off-field life as well.
—Stephen Siff, The Conversation, 26 Nov. 2025
Thrilled that so many got a kick out of this glimpse of this madcap version of 1930s England.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for madcap
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“Madcap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madcap. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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