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# daredevil

noun (a daredevil, daredevils); adjective (daredevil)

«daredevil» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A daredevil is a person who does dangerous, exciting things, often to show off or to entertain people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daredevil/#m1)
2. Daredevil (adjective) describes risky, bold actions: a daredevil jump. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daredevil/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories, films, circuses and stunt shows, daredevils walk tightropes, jump motorbikes over buses or do wild skateboard tricks. In safety lessons: stunts are done by trained people with safety gear — do not copy them at home or online «challenges».

### Examples

- The daredevil rode his motorbike over twenty cars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daredevil/#x1)
- My little brother is a daredevil on the climbing frame. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daredevil/#x2)
- The crowd gasped at the daredevil's tightrope walk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daredevil/#x3)
- Don't try daredevil tricks you see online. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daredevil/#x4)
- She made a daredevil jump from the high board. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daredevil/#x5)
- Stunt performers are daredevils with lots of training. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daredevil/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Written as one word. Similar: risk-taker, stuntman, stuntwoman. «Dare» means to be brave enough to do something.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «daredevil» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daredevil/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«daredevil» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/daredevil.html) on Mova free.