hell raiser

hellraiser

Someone who is apt to act wildly and cause or get into trouble. Yeah, I was a hellraiser in college, but those days are long over—I have a job and a family now. You two are going to be grounded for life if you keep acting like total hellraisers.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hell raiser

verb
See heller
See also: hell, raiser
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • hellraiser
  • heller
  • hophead
  • dispose of
  • dispose of (someone or something)
  • dispose of someone
  • disposed
  • bottle baby
  • bullshitter
  • ego-tripper
References in periodicals archive
The former hell raiser, who contemplated suicide during the worst of his alcoholism in the 80s, has become a noted artist himself.
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Surviving members of The Sweet, famous for hits like Blockbuster and Hell Raiser, will perform on stage at Holt Farm.
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But maybe years of being with hell raiser Chris Evans may have taken their toll.
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THE SWEET was one of the leading bands of the hell-raising glam rock music era, a potent mixture of long hair, fluorescent jump suits and platform boots who scored Top 10 hits with tracks including Fox On The Run, Blockbuster and Hell Raiser.
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And the Daily Record was there waiting to drive them the 200 miles back from Lancashire to the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire, from where they set sail in the 18ft Hell Raiser on Saturday.
The Hell Raiser was yesterday towed to Peel Harbour on the Isle of Man.
WE'RE THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY; Relief as rescued pals go home
They were feared drowned but a passing ferry spotted their 18ft vessel, the Hell Raiser, drifting off the Isle of Man.
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X Sharan Fisher So sad one of the last hell raisers gone, will be missed x Jennifer Price Young people that do not have a clue who #PeterOToole was, actually DO know him as voice of food critic in DisneyPixar film Ratatoullie :) @Florida71 His #JeffreyBernardisUnwell was a tour de force & film #MyFavouriteYear Great.
WEBCHAT
At the lighter end of the scale are Lynyrd Skynyrd's Gimme Back My Bullets and ZZ Top's Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers. At the other end are Corrosion Of Conformity's Albatross and Testament's The Evil Has Landed.
VARIOUS ARTISTS
This workbook could not be a more timely publication for "activists, organizers, rebels and hell raisers."
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WEdGE: Women's Education in the Global Economy is a teaching tool for "activists, organizers, rebels, and hell raisers" intended for use in community, religious, women's, and service organizations.
WOMEN OF THE WORLD UNITE!
I dread to think of the damage inflicted on the Green Room free booze counter as legendary hell raisers Shane MacGowan and Eamon Dunphy joined drink drive TD Jim McDaid on the interview couch.
TUBRIDY SWATS THE BARFLIES; PM ON SATURDAY