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• n  a belligerent grouch
• n  a reckless impetuous irresponsible person

• He's an impulsive hothead who is "erratic in a crisis.
• It's a terrible, although not undeserved, legacy, since he's always been a hothead.
• The best way to prevent her from calling his bluff is in fact not to bluff--to be the kind of hothead who is crazy enough to do it.

• fire-eater
• daredevil
• madcap
• swashbuckler
• lunatic
• harum-scarum

News & Articles

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• Video: Javier Mascherano sent off for kicking medical cart driver
  Javier Mascherano is a bit of a hothead. This is hardly news to those who have followed his Argentina, Liverpool and Barcelona career. He makes lots of hard tackles, often gets sent off for them, and isn't exactly immune to getting sent off for other things.
  June 12, 2013 - Philly.com

Quotes

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• Jerry Holkins in Gaming Target
  He was a little bit of a hothead in 2000. He held a grudge and I think the passage of time has caused him to sort of say, 'You know what? Life is short and I'm going to be focused on doing what I think is right and not hold grudges or be angry... Karl Rove http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Rove&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGtUKSVNBqmFJG8c1ivSfIdRGWkLQ FOXNews http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Sep17/0,4670,RoveCampaign,00.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNELb52pPazlAtCBk-SKao2h9RBimA Sep 17, 2008 48339 65496 hothead Hothead has DeathSpank and they have a chance to do something really cool with it," Holkins said.
• Leslie Mann in USA Today
  I think he is growing up,Mann says of her husband of 12 years and father to daughters Maude, 11, and Iris, 6, who also show up in Funny People. "He has different things to say. He used to be more of a hothead, and he has calmed down a lot...