rowdy
noun
a rough, disorderly person.
rowdies
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pluralof rowdy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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On an August night in the same year, rowdies racing a big red car through downtown scattered pedestrians, and half a dozen policemen “tried in vain to stop it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
The vast majority of fraternity members are not the drunk rowdies characterized by the movie “Animal House”; in fact, they are serious students and well-behaved gentlemen.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2021
The Czech ambassador to the United States had to issue a statement this year reminding Internet rowdies that his country bore no responsibility for what?
From Slate ● Dec. 27, 2013
The happy band of Muppets on "Sesame Street" has faced the sort of hot spotlight you might expect for the rowdies of "Jersey Shore."
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2012
“I can’t imagine how you decided to besmirch the movement by inviting those rowdies here.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
