rowdy

[ rou-dee ]

/ ˈraʊ di /

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noun, plural row·dies.

a rough, disorderly person.

adjective, row·di·er, row·di·est.

rough and disorderly: rowdy behavior at school.

Slang. great; very enjoyable, often with boisterous fun: a rowdy time at the arcade with my best friends.

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2 boisterous, unruly, obstreperous.

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Origin of rowdy

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20; perhaps from row³

OTHER WORDS FROM rowdy

row·di·ly, adverbrow·di·ness, nounun·row·dy, adjective

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How to use rowdy in a sentence

Reid, once a season ticket holder, is not one of the rowdies, and he feels the perception is overblown.
‘Bills Mafia’ waited a generation for a team like this. It’s had to embrace it from afar.|Adam Kilgore|January 7, 2021|Washington Post
Lost ice giantIn digital reenactments of its early days, the solar system gets rowdy.
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In between long days skiing Baker’s rowdy terrain, Rouches stays warm by firing up a tiny woodstove and inviting friends over for pancakes.
This Skier's Ride to the Mountain? Her 30-Year-Old Van.|Outside Editors|November 4, 2020|Outside Online
Located at surprise locations in the Valley, Young Finesse Kids parties marketed themselves as rowdy, exclusive, and, as the name suggests, for young kids, 21 and under.
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Now in its third iteration, the Following retains the rowdy spirit of the original, with a lighter carbon frame and longer, slacker geometry that keeps it current without going overboard.
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He drank a little, but rowdily, and managed to spend in a cheap tavern like the Volga as much as twenty roubles in an evening.
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The beans bubbled rowdily on the front lid, and he pushed the pot back to a cooler surface.
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British Dictionary definitions for rowdy

rowdy

/ (ˈraʊdɪ) /

adjective -dier or -diest

tending to create noisy disturbances; rough, loud, or disorderlya rowdy gang of football supporters

noun plural -dies

a person who behaves in a rough disorderly fashion

Derived forms of rowdy

rowdily, adverbrowdiness, noun

Word Origin for rowdy

C19: originally US slang, perhaps related to row ³

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