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rowdy1 adjectiverowdy2 noun rowdyrow‧dy1 /ˈraʊdi/ adjective   rowdy1Origin: 1800-1900 Perhaps from row ‘unpleasant noise’ (18-21 centuries) - a rowdy fraternity party
- Our fans may be a little rowdy, but they don't throw things.
- People living near the football stadium complain about litter and rowdy fans.
- The meeting was a somewhat rowdy affair.
- They were thrown out of the bar for rowdy behaviour.
- A group of three men including, he said, the appellant, were being rowdy.
- But like a lot of his rowdy friends, he is settling down.
- He seemed to think that the others were too rowdy, too greedy.
- Like teenagers the world over, they were energetic, challenging, rowdy, sometimes lazy and always questioning.
- No kin to speak of, except for that rowdy bunch in Ireland, of course.
- The women at the sidelines of the rugby match had become very rowdy indeed.
- There had been eight of them, a jolly, rowdy party in the respectable Southsea restaurant.
- When they were rowdy and rude, I kept whole classes for detention.
► loud making a lot of noise – used about sounds, voices, or music: · a loud explosion· He was talking in a very loud voice.· The music was too loud. ► noisy making a lot of noise – used about people, machines, and places that are too loud: · The traffic was so noisy.· noisy neighbours· a noisy bar ► rowdy rowdy people behave in a noisy and uncontrolled way. A rowdy place such as a bar is full of noisy people, often behaving badly: · rowdy football fans· a rowdy bar ► raucous especially written unpleasantly loud – used about the excited sound of groups of people: · raucous laughter· raucous crowds ► resounding [only before noun] used to describe a loud noise when something hits another thing, that seems to continue for a few seconds. Also used about people cheering or shouting loudly: · The door hit the wall with a resounding crash.· a resounding cheer loud► loud something that is loud makes a lot of noise: · The music's too loud. Can you turn it down?· Three seconds later there was a loud bang and the hall was filled with smoke.· The boy gave a loud cry of pain. ► noisy use this about places where there is a lot of noise, or about people and machines that make a lot of noise, especially when this annoys you: · The nightclub was crowded and noisy.· Their lives are being ruined by noisy neighbours.· People started to complain about his noisy motorbike. ► rowdy a crowd that is rowdy makes too much noise and behaves badly: · They were thrown out of the bar for rowdy behaviour.· People living near the football stadium complain about litter and rowdy fans.· The meeting was a somewhat rowdy affair. ► raucous: raucous voice/laugh etc a voice, laugh etc that is loud, rough and uncontrolled: · A howl of raucous laughter came from the kitchen.· He sat and finished his drink, ignoring the raucous voices from the other end of the bar. ► booming: booming voice/laugh etc a voice, laugh etc that is very loud and deep: · The speaker's booming voice easily reached the back of the theatre.· His booming laugh echoed around the room. behaving in a noisy rough way that is likely to cause arguments and fighting:  gangs of rowdy youths► see thesaurus at loud—rowdily adverb—rowdiness noun [uncountable]—rowdyism noun [uncountable]rowdy1 adjectiverowdy2 noun rowdyrowdy2 noun (plural rowdies) [countable usually plural] old-fashioned someone who behaves in a rough noisy way |