Reverse Dictionary: DARE

ADJECTIVES
► AUDACULOUS a little bold or daring → 1603 obs.
► AUNTERSOME bold, daring, adventurous → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BALLSY courageous, daring, foolhardy → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► CROUSE bold, audacious, daring, hardy, forward, cocky, full of defiant confidence → 1400 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► DAIROUS bold, daring → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
► DAREFUL full of daring or defiance; adventurous → 1605 obs.
► DAROUS daring, bold →  1900 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► DERF bold, daring, courageous, brave → c1175 obs.
► GALLOWS attractive, wonderful; self-confident, quick-witted, brave, tough, bold, daring, ostentatious, nonchalant → 1789 UK
► GAME AS NED KELLY very spirited, daring, brave; very willing → 1927 Aust. sl.
► HOT of people: exuberant, flamboyant, or daring in the pursuit of pleasure; uninhibited, wild→ 1888 Amer. sl.
► JEOPARDOUS addicted to risks; venturesome, daring → 1494
► KEEN brave, bold, valiant, daring → c897 obs.
► NERVY daring, audacious, pushing one’s luck → 1897, orig. US
► STALWORTH brave, bold, daring, courageous, valiant, mighty → a1225 obs. exc. arch.
► VENTORIOUS characterized by venturesomeness; adventurous, bold, daring → 1640 obs.
► YEPE active, nimble, brisk, alert, bold, daring → c1205 obs.

ADVERBS
► ADVENTURELY adventurously, daringly → c1435 obs.
► BANDONLY recklessly, daringly → c1470 obs.
► HARDLY boldly, daringly, hardily → a1225 obs.

NOUNS
► ADVENTURESHIP adventurousness; adventurous practice; daring or risky behaviour → 1811
► BANTER a dare, a challenge → 1840 Amer. dial.
► DAG a daring act; a feat of skill → L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
► DARE daring, boldness → 1595 obs.
► DARE-DEVILTRY a daredevil spirit → 1886 Sc.
► DASHING a daring or brilliant action; a showy liveliness in manner, dress, behaviour → c1800 colloq.
► DASHY a daring or brilliant action; a showy liveliness in manner, dress, behaviour → c1820 colloq.
► HARD NECK audacity, daring; impudence → 1893 sl.
► HARDIMENT 1. daring, boldness, courage, hardihood → c1374 arch.
2. a deed of daring; a bold exploit → 1375 obs.
► JEOPARDY a daring exploit; a deed involving peril → a1300 obs.
► NECK audacity, daring; impudence → 1893 sl.
► SCOOGER a challenge to a feat of daring → 1921 Sc.
► STUMP a dare or challenge to do something difficult or dangerous → 1871 US colloq.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BLOOMER GIRL a popular, attractive, somewhat daring girl or young woman → 1910 US sl., arch.
► DARE-ALL one who dares all → 1840 
► DARE-THE-DEIL one who fears nothing, and who will attempt anything → 1814 Sc. obs.
► DICKY-LURCHER a person who is a ‘caution’l a dare-devil, careless fellow → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GALLANT a gay, sprightly, airy, and courageous person; a high-spirited, daring person → 1388 arch. 
► GASSED-UN ► GASTON a daredevil; a hot-headed, high-spirited person → 1893 Eng. dial.
► HARD SHOT an amusing, exciting, eccentric and/or resolute person; a ‘character’; typically one who is tough and adventurous, and a daredevil → 1918 Aust. & NZ colloq.
► HARLOW a nickname for one who is blond and daring → 1972 homosexual sl.  (Bk.)
► HELL-BENDING FOOL a formidable, outrageous person; a daredevil fellow  → 1909 US sl.
► HELL-RAKE a reckless or daring person; a rake; a rakehell → 1774
► HELL-RAKER a wild, violent, reckless, daring, or exuberant person; a rake; a rakehell → 1816
► HERB a witty, impertinent, or daring person → 1950 UK sl.
► HIGH FLIER a brash, extravagant, or daring unconventional person, esp. one who makes a display of high or fast living; a fashionable prostitute → 1663 colloq.
► JACK IN THE BEAN STACK an adventurous, daredevil person → 1950s African-American sl. 
► KILL-DEVIL a recklessly daring fellow → a1593 obs.
► LAPSCALLION a rapscallion, a daredevil character → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NUT a daredevil, a tough character → 1898 Aust. sl.
► SCATTER-WILLIE a reckless, devil-may-care person; a scatterbrain → 1960 Sc. 
► TEAR-THE-WIND a violent, roistering, daredevil character → 1905 Sc. 

PHRASES
► MORE FRONT THAN BRIGHTON ► MORE FRONT THAN BRIGHTON BEACH used of one who is very daring, cheeky, or outspoken → 1980s sl.
► MORE FRONT THAN BUCKINGHAM PALACE used of one who is very daring, cheeky, or outspoken → 1980s sl.
► MORE FRONT THAN FOY AND GIBSON’S used of one who is very daring, cheeky, or outspoken → 1950s Aust. sl.
► MORE FRONT THAN HARRODS used of one who is very daring, cheeky, or outspoken → 1970s sl.
► MORE FRONT THAN MYERS used of one who is very daring, cheeky, or outspoken → 1950s Aust. sl.

VERBS
► BACK ONE OUT to dare, to challenge one 1840 Amer. dial.
► BANNER to dare, to challenge; to goad → 1948 Amer. dial.
► BANTER to dare, to challenge; to goad → 1810 Amer. dial.
► CHICKEN ONE OUT to dare someone to prove he is not a coward → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DACKER to dare, to challenge, to provoke → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DAUNT to dare, to challenge; to provoke to some hazardous deed → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DO BANDIES to do something regarded as a physical feat, and dare others to do the same → 1928 Amer. dial.
► FASHION to dare, to presume, to venture; to have the face to → 1847 Eng. dial.
► GO A-DAMMERING to go about daring others to perform hazardous feats → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
► MINT to dare, to venture, to endeavour, to attempt; to presume → 1724 Sc.  
► PULL A FAST ONE to do something daring (often a criminal act) and hope to get away with it by being smarter, faster, and  more deceitful than those set to prevent you; to play a dirty trick → 1943 UK sl., orig. military
► PULL A STROKE to do something daring (often a criminal act) and get away with it by being smarter, faster, and more deceitful → 1970 UK sl.
► SCADDLE to dare one to do anything → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)