: marked by capriciousness, recklessness, or foolishness
madcap
noun
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a madcap scheme to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel
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Even in the madcap world of modern-day transfers, that’s a huge sum.
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Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 29 July 2025
Runners-up include Jaws, which left Universal Studios in 2012, and Magic Kingdom’s madcap Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, which exited in 1998.
DB: Feeling sentimental about Dueling Dragons, a pre-Potter coaster at Islands.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2025
Donkey Kong can also slide along on chunks of terrain in a zippy, madcap land-surfing mode that's wonderfully difficult to control effectively.
—ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025
What ensues is a madcap take on the classic devil-baby story, channeling both Rosemary’s Baby and Good Omens.
—Drew Broussard
july 8, Literary Hub, 8 July 2025
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Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 29 July 2025
Runners-up include Jaws, which left Universal Studios in 2012, and Magic Kingdom’s madcap Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, which exited in 1998.
DB: Feeling sentimental about Dueling Dragons, a pre-Potter coaster at Islands.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2025
Donkey Kong can also slide along on chunks of terrain in a zippy, madcap land-surfing mode that's wonderfully difficult to control effectively.
—ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025
What ensues is a madcap take on the classic devil-baby story, channeling both Rosemary’s Baby and Good Omens.
—Drew Broussard
july 8, Literary Hub, 8 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for madcap
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“Madcap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madcap. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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