Devil-may-care

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  devil-may-care \devil-may-care\ adj.
     1. cheerfully irresponsible.
  
     Syn: carefree, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  


     2. marked by a carefree unconventionality or
        disreputableness.
  
     Syn: raffish, rakish.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  devil-may-care
       adj 1: cheerfully irresponsible; "carefree with his money";
              "freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum
              youth" [syn: {carefree}, {freewheeling}, {happy-go-lucky},
               {harum-scarum}, {slaphappy}]
       2: marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness;
          "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"-
          Crary Moore [syn: {raffish}, {rakish}]