Dictionary entry
Tearaway
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛːrəweɪ/
Pronunciation
/ˈtɛːrəweɪ/
Myanmar Meaning
စည်းကမ်းမဲ့လူငယ်။
Definition
tearaway /'teǝrǝweÇ/ n ( infml ) ဝ႐ုန္းသုန္းကား(ေကာင္)။ Her son's a bit of a tearaway.
Examples
- ‘Gibson has been joined by his younger brother
- notionally a bit of a tearaway
- played by Joaquin Phoenix
- living with him now to keep him company.’
- ‘At the heart of the matter is the fact that Australians are our tearaway younger brothers and we love them.’
- ‘Controversial plans to put tags on children as young as 10 have been widely criticised amid fears they could merely become a ‘badge of honour’ for young tearaways.’
- ‘A scheme that draws young tearaways back on to the straight and narrow with a taste of military discipline is to be expanded nationwide
- it was announced yesterday.’
- ‘He entered Hughes' gym where he trains some of the best young fighters
- and biggest tearaways
- in the country.’
- ‘The young Reyes nonetheless had plenty of the tearaway in him when he started training with Sevilla at the age of nine.’
- ‘A bail hostel may begin as no more than temporary accommodation for young tearaways
- but becomes
- in the course of time
- housing for dangerous criminals.’
- ‘He's a product of workaday south London and was a bit of a tearaway in his younger days.’
- ‘Last week
- Scotland on Sunday revealed that ministers wanted to tag children as young as 10 in an effort to clamp down on tearaways.’
- ‘Some families in the area have also complained about being the victims of intimidation from young tearaways.’
- ‘Earlier the vigilantes - who've not been named publicly - had declared war on young tearaways saying they were ‘prepared to do time to stop them.’’
- ‘Unfortunately
- teenagers tend to get tarred with same brush these days but we're not all young tearaways.’
- ‘Though it has to be said that Ms Gee Turner lost them when she suggested that young tearaways should be taken dog-sledding in the Arctic and not actually abandoned there to be eaten by polar bears.’
- ‘She said too few Anti Social Behaviour Orders had been slapped on young tearaways and vandals
- despite the misery they caused residents.’
- ‘Bashir Ahmed is urging police chiefs to ‘get tough’ with young tearaways after the firebomb was hurled at his car parked on the drive of his home in Torbay Close
- Deane.’
- ‘Officials in the government's new ‘respect unit’ are drawing up the package of measures to tackle young tearaways and ‘neighbours from hell’.’
- ‘Classical music is to be piped out of speakers at Billericay rail station in an effort to deter young tearaways who intimidate passengers.’
- ‘Something of a tearaway when he was younger
- Dettori has now adopted a squeaky-clean image as devoted family man - wife Catherine is expecting their fifth child.’
- ‘Magnanimously
- we proffered the encouraging thought that the young tearaway would soon be back in the Australian XI.’
- ‘Anti-social Behaviour Orders have proved themselves to be an effective weapon against all kinds of young tearaways over the past few years.’