Usually means: Acting without forethought or consideration.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word impulsive:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. impulsive: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. impulsive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. impulsive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. impulsive: Collins English Dictionary
  5. impulsive: Vocabulary.com
  6. Impulsive, impulsive: Wordnik
  7. impulsive: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. impulsive: Wiktionary
  9. impulsive: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. impulsive: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. impulsive: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. impulsive: Dictionary.com
  13. impulsive: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Impulsive (song), Impulsive, Impulsive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Impulsive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. impulsive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. impulsive: Rhymezone
  18. impulsive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. impulsive: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. impulsive: Free Dictionary
  21. impulsive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. impulsive: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Impulsive (song), impulsive: Legal dictionary

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  1. Impulsive (song), impulsive: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. Impulsive (song), impulsive: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. impulsive: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See impulsively as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
adjective:  Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration.
adjective:  (mechanics) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous – said of forces.
noun:  That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.
noun:  One whose behaviour or personality is characterized by being impulsive.

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