madcap
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- adjective
- /ˈmædˌkæp/
- Informal
- Her madcap planning often led to spontaneous road trips without any idea where they would end up.
- madcap comedy
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Watch on YouTubeAnd the facade was the track suits, the jewelry, the hair, the mad sort of catchphrases, the sort of madcap behaviour.
- And the facade was the track suits, the jewelry, the hair, the mad sort of catchphrases, the sort of madcap behaviour.
Examples
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3,000 carefree, madcap miles to California.
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She felt madcap and adventurous.
Fiction book (1995) -
There is nothing pie in the sky about this, as slightly madcap as it might seem.
Blog text (26) -
And what what inspired this madcap adventure?
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And they work in this nonstop madcap way because winter is coming.
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Like everyone who had met the child, he had enjoyed her scatterbrained, madcap beauty.
Fiction book (2000) -
On the verge of a madcap Manhattan weekend.
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Soon their madcap mischief spirals out of control.
Blog text (12) -
For all its madcap flourishes, it seemed more real than anything else he'd ever painted.
Fiction book (1999) -
You'll soon see that the situation there (as usual) is as madcap as ever.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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Acting suddenly without careful thought because of a strong feeling
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Very foolish and not sensible
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To act quickly without thinking about the results
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Wild and noisy in a way that makes people feel upset
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Very foolish and not sensible or responsible
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Acting quickly and without thinking in a wild way
Antonyms
How Reckless
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Madcap comes from mad ('crazy') and cap ('hat' or 'head'), so picture a 'crazy-headed' action done without thinking. That's why we call quick, careless, or risky behaviour and plans madcap.