Thesaurus results for TEARAWAY

tearaway

noun

Definition of tearaway

British

as in hoodlum

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Recent Examples of tearaway Jane Wickline’s character reveals her own tearaway outfit for a nice button to the sketch. — Rima Parikh, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2026 Alexia and her partner, Chris, who only shared their first names, are preparing to marry in October, and sent out wedding invitations to friends and family earlier this year, with a tearaway RSVP card and pre-stamped envelopes. — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025 Folding cardboard kiosks in employee breakrooms with a tearaway pad to submit ideas to corporate. — Elizabeth Baskin, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024 The troupe’s costumer, Denise (Juliette Lewis), smooths out the act’s kinks by supplying tearaway pants. — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022 As for the origin of the tearaway pants, also used by NBA players to instantly bypass shoes for pants removal, that's not clear. — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2022

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Noun

His warning was meant for American eyes and ears at least as much — if not more so — than for the government in Jerusalem that until now has encouraged the hoodlums by tolerating their violence.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
Also in his orbit are a consortium of crooks, including his cousin Freddie, a hip junkie, and Pepper, a taciturn hoodlum who was friends with Ray’s dad, Big Mike, a legendary thief.

— Niela Orr, Vulture, 20 July 2026

Definition of hoodlum

Noun

Literally after the film, there was false-flag stuff from the extreme right, who were dressed as hooligans, dressed as cops.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
Infantry has been around since officers figured out how to get soldiers organized instead of fighting in melees like football hooligans on a Saturday night after 12 pints of lager.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of hooligan

Noun

The Capone associates lined up six members of Moran's gang, and a seventh unaffiliated man who apparently liked hanging out with gangsters, against the north wall of the garage.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Matt’s blood cells gain the ability to transform and instantly reshape his body into someone else, such as Corr or the gangster who disfigured him or even his own father (played in a quick cameo by Aaron Paul).

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of gangster

Noun

The other was Albrecht Hohler, thirty, a Communist member of the paramilitary group the Red Front Fighters and well known locally as a particularly vicious thug—a petty criminal who had been released from jail only a few months earlier.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
These low-level thugs typically are not believed to be formally aligned with Iran.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of thug

Noun

Police and the El Paso, Texas, branch of the NAACP are condemning a group of people, possibly including youths, who were shown wearing Ku Klux Klan-style white robes and hoods in viral social media videos.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026
But there are plenty of other influences whirring away under the hood, too.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of hood

Noun

This October, against this newly rumpled and roughneck version of the Milwaukee Brewers, that’s apparently going to be easier said than done.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
There’s also a romantic moment between Jean and Logan as the roughneck hero tries to figure out the best way to woo her after their initial meeting.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of roughneck

Noun

The others were ruffians, teasers, always angling to drink whatever was left in some grownup’s glass.

— George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
But as with any good Leonard story, the best moments come from the characters, a rogues’ gallery of violent ruffians and neurotic, duplicitous scoundrels.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of ruffian

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