Reverse Dictionary: RECKLESS

ADJECTIVES
1000 — WOOD extremely rash or reckless, wild → obs.
1225 — UNRECHELEAS reckless, careless → obs.
1300 — RACKLE hasty, rash, reckless, impetuous, headstrong; rough or coarse in action; violent → obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1400 — SAVAGE reckless, ungovernable → obs.
1410 — TEMERARY rash, reckless, heedless, careless, overbold, headstrong → obs.
1461 — TEMEROUS rash, reckless, foolhardy
1532 — TEMERARIOUS unreasonably adventurous; reckless, heedless, careless, rash, bold, headstrong
1548 — HARE-BRAINED stupid and heedless, reckless; rash, wild, mad
1556 — HOT-BRAINED impetuous, rash, reckless; of a fiery temperament
1567 — RASHFUL rash, hasty, impetuous, reckless
1571 — DESPAIRED desperate, reckless → obs.
1588 — MADCAP mad, crackbrained, reckless, wildly impulsive
1598 — LAVISHING given to reckless or unrestrained behaviour → obs.
1616 — WREAKLESS reckless → obs.
1648 — MAD-DOG wild, reckless, hare-brained, esp. dangerously so
1654 — TEARING passionate, headstrong; violent, rowdy or reckless in behaviour
1682 — HAND OVER HEAD carried out with a lack of deliberation or care; rash, reckless
1751 — HARE’UM- SCARE-‘UM — HAREM-SCAREM — HARUM-SCARUM reckless, careless, heedless in action; wild, rash
1778 — RACKLESS-HANDED apt to do things in a heedless, slapdash manner; reckless, headstrong → Sc.
1786 — RAM-STAM precipitate, headstrong, hasty, impetuous, reckless → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1799 — DEVIL-MAY-CARE cheerfully reckless; carefree
..19C — RACKLESOME boisterous, noisy, reckless → Eng. dial.
1801 — THROUGHOTHER unruly, reckless → orig. Sc.
1811 — RAMSTUGIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rough and strong, coarse, uncouth; rambunctious, outrageous, 0quarrelsome, passionate → Sc. & Amer. dial.
1814 — NECK-OR-NOTHING headlong, reckless
1825 — DEVIL-MAY-CARISH cheerfully reckless
1830 — DON’T-CARE reckless, careless, unconcerned; that does not care
1838 — DON’T-CARISH reckless, careless, unconcerned; that does not care
1847 — RAMSTUDIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, rambunctious, quarrelsome, passionate → Amer. dial.
1847 — RAMSTUGENOUS — RAMSTUGINOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate → Amer. dial.
1847 — RAMSTUJOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, rambunctious, quarrelsome, passionate → Amer. dial.
1861 — ON THE RAMPAGE rushing about in a reckless or riotous fashion
1863 — BORIS-NORIS careless, reckless, rash; happy-go-lucky; going on blindly without any thought of risk or decency → Eng. dial.
1870 — MIRACULOUS wild, eccentric; reckless, venturesome, careless; very drunk → Sc. & Eng. dial.  
1875 — FAST-GATED — FAST-GAITED of a person: hasty, reckless, thoughtless → Eng. dial., obs.
1880 — ONTAKING buying or taking on credit; hence, reckless, rash, somewhat untrustworthy in business dealings; dishonest → Sc.
1888 — RATTLE-BAG wild, irresponsible, reckless → Eng. dial.
1894 — REGARDLESS reckless, careless, regardless of public opinion → Sc.
1896 — BULL-AT-A-GATE rash, reckless
1896 — HAILY wild, reckless → Amer. dial.
1899 — HELL-BENT FOR ELECTION unshakably determined; reckless; fast, furious → Amer. sl.
1902 — HEAD-OVER-HAP headstrong, reckless → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 — RECKLING reckless → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — RHYMELESS — RIMLESS — RYMELESS unreasonable; reckless, regardless → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — BORUS-SNORUS happy-go-lucky, careless, reckless → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — UNTOWARDLY unmanageable, reckless → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1909 — CLAPHAT hasty, hurried, reckless → Amer. dial.
1919 — HAIRY-CUM-STAIRY harum-scarum, reckless, rash; irresponsible → Sc.
1926 — HOT AS THEY MAKE ‘EM reckless, careless → US sl. (Bk.)
1952 — KAMIKAZE reckless, dangerous; hazardous and potentially self-destructive
1953 — RAMPTIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; wild, active, dangerous; outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate → Amer. dial. 

ADVERBS
1225 — BLINDLING blindly, recklessly, heedlessly → obs.
1387 — RABBISHLY recklessly, impetuously; in a rash, unruly manner → obs.
1398 — HEADLING recklessly, impetuously, rashly → obs.
1400 — SAVAGELY recklessly → obs.
1420 — AT ADVENTURE at hazard, randomly, recklessly → obs.
1425 — BLINDLINGS blindly, recklessly, heedlessly → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1426 — RAMPANTLY with reckless or riotous violence
1485 — AT ALL ADVENTURE at random, anyhow; hence, at all hazards, at any risk, whatever may be the consequence; recklessly → obs.
1488 — BANDONLY recklessly, daringly → obs.
1500 — HAND OVER HEAD with deliberation or care; rashly, recklessly, hastily → obs.
1553 — DISSOLUTELY recklessly; carelessly; negligently → obs.
1590 — UNCAIRDLY — UNCAREDLY without taking care; recklessly → Sc. obs.
1674 — HARUM-STARUM recklessly, heedlessly, wildly
1691 — HARUM-SCARUM recklessly, heedlessly, wildly
1735 — RAM-STAM in a headlong, precipitate manner; recklessly, rashly, rudely; in confusion → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1840 — RAMPAGEOUSLY recklessly, riotously
1847 — AS IF THERE WERE NO TOMORROW recklessly, with no regard for the future
1847 — SMACK-SMOOTH in a reckless or random manner, regardless of consequences → Eng. dial.
1848 — BALDHEADED without forethought or preparation, recklessly; headlong → Amer. dial.
1899 — HELL-BENT FOR ELECTION in a hurried, excited, or reckless manner; rapidly, furiously →  Amer. dial.
1905 — SLAM-BANG recklessly → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1913 — HELL BENT recklessly → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1926 — HELL-BENT FOR LEATHER recklessly; rapidly
1931 — HELL-BENT FOR BREAKFAST recklessly; rapidly
1943 — LIKE A BANDIT wildly, with reckless abandon → sl.
1958 — LIKE THERE’S NO TOMORROW recklessly, with no regard for the future
1970 — SQUIRRELLY in a high-spirited way; recklessly → US sl. (Bk.)

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
1440 — CARE-AWAY! an exclamation of merriment or recklessness; away with care! → obs.
1653 — OVER SHOES, OVER BOOTS expressing reckless continuation in a course already begun → obs.
1905 — NOT TO CARE WHETHER THE DOG CATCH THE HARE OR THE HARE CATCH THE DOG said of a person who is utterly thoughtless or reckless of consequences → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

NOUNS
1000 — RECHELEST recklessness; carelessness, negligence → obs.
1390 — RECHELESSHIP recklessness, carelessness → obs.
1400 — RECKLESSLAIK recklessness, carelessness → obs.
1475 — TEMERITY recklessness, rashness, foolhardiness
1477 — LAVISHNESS absence of restraint; recklessness → obs.
1630 — WANTONNESS a reckless and justifiable act → obs.
1695 — RANTUM-SCANTUM reckless or heedless behaviour, esp. wild or uninhibited sexual activity; also, disorderly nonsense
1751 — DIABLERIE wild recklessness; mischievous character or behaviour; a reckless or mischievous act
1784 — HARE’EM-SCARE’EM — HARUM-SCARUM reckless action or behaviour
1836 — DEVIL-MAY-CARE cheerful recklessness
1863 — HARUM-SCARUMNESS recklessness
1867 — MELT courage; recklessness → Amer. dial.
1883 — MADCAPPERY impulsive or reckless conduct
1883 — RAMPAGEOUSNESS reckless or riotous behaviour
1942 — HELLIN’ recklessness → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — HELLIN’-AROUND recklessness → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — ROUGH-NECKEDNESS recklessness → Amer. sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
1542 — HARE-BRAIN one who has a brain like a hare’s, or no more brain than a hare; a giddy, reckless or rash person; an oaf, a fool → obs.
1565 — YOUNG-HEAD an unruly, reckless, headstrong or wilful young man → obs.
1566 — DINGTHRIFT a person who is wasteful, reckless, or extravagant with money or resources; a profligate person, a spendthrift
1571 — FRANION a gay reckless fellow; an idle, dissolute fellow → obs.
1575 — CARE-AWAY a reckless fellow, a roisterer → obs.
1590 — WHIPSTER a lively, reckless, violent, or mischievous person → obs.
1591 — MADCAP a reckless, wildly impulsive person; also applied playfully to young women of lively and impulsive temperament
1593 — HOTSHOT a person who is eager to shoot with a firearm; a reckless or hot-headed person → obs.
1597 — BLADE a spruce or dashing fellow; sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless fellow; a beau
1605 — HOT-BRAIN an impetuous, rash, or reckless person
1630 — YOUNG-BLOOD a ‘young-blooded’ person; a young hothead; a rash, reckless, or impetuous person → obs.
1647 — DESPERADO a desperate or reckless man; one ready for any deed of lawlessness or violence
1694 — PEG TANTRUM a boisterous, reckless girl → sl. obs.
1699 — RABSCALLION — RAPSCALLION a worthless wretch; a rascal, a rogue, a scamp; a wild, reckless fellow
1700 — RANTIPOLE a rude, romping boy or girl; a wild, ill-behaved or reckless person; a scold, a termagant, a shrew; a dissolute person
1784 — HARE’EM-SCARE’EM — HARUM-SCARUM a reckless, unregulated person
1792 — NEEGER a hard-natured, exacting person; one of a reckless disposition → Sc. 
..19C — RAFFLE-TOPPIN(G) a wild, reckless, foolish person → Eng. dial.
..19C — RAVEL-COPPIN a wild, reckless, careless fellow → Eng. dial.
1809 — SCAPEGRACE a man or boy of reckless and disorderly habits; a careless, idle, harebrained fellow
1816 — HELL-RAKER a reckless or daring person
1819 — OUT-AND-OUTER a person of reckless, determined ot adventurous character
1823 — RAMSTAM a giddy, forward, impetuous, reckless person → Sc.
1824 — RAMSHACKLE a thoughtless or reckless fellow → Eng. dial.
1851 — HAPPY-GO-LUCKY an easygoing person; one of a reckless random disposition
1859 — HARD CASE a reckless scapegrace; an unregenerate loafer; a dissipated person, or any wicked person → Amer. dial.
1866 — RAMSCULLION an offensively dirty person; a worthless wretch; a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond, a vagrant; a ne’er-do-well → Sc. obs.
1875 — RIPSTITCH a romping, boisterous, irrepressible child who is always ‘ripping his stitches,’ i.e., tearing his clothes; a wild, reckless person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1885 — COWBOY a wild, rash, or reckless man; one who has little regard for rules or laws, or is impulsively violent or aggressive; a hot-headed, ruthless, or unrestrained criminal, esp. a gunman → sl., orig. US
1886 — NED KELLY a person of reckless courage or unscrupulous business dealings → Aust. colloq.
1890 — RANDY a wild, noisy, reckless person → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1890 — WARRIGAL a wild, unrestrained, or reckless person
1891 — TEAR-AWAY one who tears or rushes away, or acts with great impetuosity; one who behaves in a wild, uncontrolled, or reckless manner
1894 — BARNARDINE a reckless, dissolute fellow (Bk.)
1899 — HELLCAT a reckless, impertinent, bad-tempered, or vexatious person; a troublemaker; a devil-may-care person; one who pesters or annoys → Amer. dial.
1900 — FEARNOUGHT a lawless, reckless person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — SKATE a reckless person → US students’ sl.
1904 — SCATTER-WIT — SCATTER-WITS a reckless, senseless person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — NAGER — NAGRE — NAGUR — NAIGUR a mean, contemptible fellow; a lout; a reckless fellow → Ireland (Bk.)
1905 — RAMPS a reckless, dissipated person; a noisy, merry, boisterous fellow → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1915 — SPLITASS MERCHANT a reckless individual; an expert stunt flier → World War I Amer. sl.
1922 — BIG BOY a foolish, reckless, devil-may-care young man; a loveable idiot → African-American sl.
1960 — SCATTER-WILLIE a reckless, devil-may-care person; a scatterbrain → Sc.
1968 — GIBBY a reckless, foolhardy person → African-American sl. 
1968 — JAG-OFF a reckless person; one who takes foolish chances → Amer. dial.
1971 — KAMIKAZE a person who acts in a reckless, hazardous, or potentially self-destructive way, esp. for a cause
1988 — TEAR-ARSE a wild, reckless, impulsive, or delinquent person → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1992 — RAMBETTE a female ‘Rambo’ — reckless, fearless, the warrior woman → US sl.
2006 — COWBOY a reckless and independent man → US sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
1546 — SEND THE AXE AFTER THE HELVE to be reckless; to risk or throw away what remains because what has already been lost has been so great
1590 — PLAY AT HAND OVER HEAD to act rashly or recklessly → obs.
1600 — MAKE DUCKS AND DRAKES OF to throw away idly or carelessly; to play idly with; to handle or use recklessly; to squander
1627 — RAMP to behave with reckless or riotous violence
1750 — RUN THE RIG to behave recklessly; to run riot
1816 — RUN ONE’S TETHER-LENGTH to pursue a reckless course which leads to calamity → Sc.
1834 — GO IT STRONG to act recklessly or vigorously
1839 — FLING ONE’S CAP OVER THE WINDMILL to act recklessly and defiantly; to fly in the face of convention
1849 — PLAY THE WILD to behave in a careless or reckless manner → US
1866 — PLAY TAM-TRAM to play fast and loose; to act recklessly, unreliably, irresponsibly, immorally, or thoughtlessly → Sc.
1872 — PLAY DUCK AND DRAKE WITH to throw away idly or carelessly; to play idly with; to handle or use recklessly; to squander
1900 — NOT TO CARE WHICH END GOES FIRST to be utterly reckless or extravagant → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1908 — GAMS to behave in a rude, reckless manner, making rough movements → Sc.
1914 — BALL THE JACK to behave recklessly or wildly → US sl.
1981 — BRIGGIT AROUND to act forward or recklessly → Amer. dial.