rowdy
a rough, disorderly person.
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.
Origin of rowdy
1Other words for rowdy
Other words from rowdy
- row·di·ly, adverb
- row·di·ness, noun
- un·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 PostLost ice giantIn digital reenactments of its early days, the solar system gets rowdy.
In between long days skiing Baker’s rowdy terrain, Rouches stays warm by firing up a tiny woodstove and inviting friends over for pancakes.
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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.
The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories | Anton TchekoffThe 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
/ (ˈraʊdɪ) /
tending to create noisy disturbances; rough, loud, or disorderly: a rowdy gang of football supporters
a person who behaves in a rough disorderly fashion
Origin of rowdy
1Derived forms of rowdy
- rowdily, adverb
- rowdiness, noun
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