Reverse Dictionary: IMPULSE

ADJECTIVES
► FAST forward, impulsive, prone to rashness; cheeky, rude, impudent, impertinent → 1900 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HABBER-GLABBER rash, impetuous, extremely impulsive and headstrong in behaviour → 1929 Sc.
► HAMMER-GLAMMER rash, impetuous, extremely impulsive and headstrong in behaviour → 1929 Sc.
► HOT-HEADED having an impetuous or fiery temperament; impulsive, headstrong; bad-tempered → 1603
► MADCAP mad, crackbrained, reckless, wildly impulsive → 1588
► NOTIONATE given to notions or impulses, fanciful, whimsical → 1859 Sc. & Amer. dial.
► QUICK ON THE TRIGGER impulsive → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► RANDOM impulsive, uncontrolled, flighty, careless → 1880 Eng. dial.

ADVERBS
► HOLUS-BOLUS impulsively, without consideration → 1847 Eng. dial.
► ON THE SPLEEN impulsively, suddenly → c1460 obs.
► ON THE WAG on the spur of the moment; impulsively → 1876 Eng. dial.
► RIGHT OFF THE REEL on the spur of the moment; impulsively, extempore → 1897 Sc.

NOUNS
► GAD-FLY an irresistible impulse to some course of action → 1864
► IMPULSIVITY a being impulsive or acting on impulse, without reflection or forethought; impulsiveness → 1891
► OESTRUS something that stings or goads one on, a stimulus; vehement impulse; passion, frenzy → 1850
► STURT a sudden impulse → 1674 obs.
► SWING impulse; inclination; tendency → 1538 obs.
► SWINGE impetus, impulse, driving power; inclination; tendency → 1548 obs.
► VAP ► VAPS an impulse; a sudden urge → 1957 Trinidad and Tobago
► WILD HAIR an impulsive notion → 1989 US sl.
► YARK ► YERK an impulse, an eager desire → 1577 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► FANTAST a visionary, a dreamer; a flighty, impulsive person → 1588
► HIP-SHOOTER a person who makes snap decisions or acts impulsively; someone who talks without thinking; someone who speaks very frankly → 1964 orig. & chiefly US
► MADCAP a reckless, wildly impulsive person; also applied playfully to young women of lively and impulsive temperament → 1591
► PHANTAST a visionary, a dreamer; a flighty, impulsive person → 1588
► TEAR-ARSE a wild, reckless, impulsive, or delinquent person → 1988 Aust. sl.  (Bk.)
► ZULU an impulsive, undisciplined, violent person → 1952 US sl.

VERBS
► BELLRAIVE to rove about; to be unsteady; to act on impulse → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► RUSH ONE’S FENCES to act precipitously or with excessive haste; to act without thinking → 1826
► SHOOT FROM THE HIP to make a snap decision; to act or react impulsively, intuitively, or spontaneously; to speak hastily, frankly, or without concern for the consequences → 1869