rambunctious

ram·bunc·tious (r

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ngk

adj.

Boisterous and disorderly.

[Probably alteration of robustious, rumbustious, from robust.]

ram·bunctious·ly adv.

ram·bunctious·ness n.

rambunctious [ræmˈbʌŋkʃəs]

adj

Informal boisterous; unruly

[probably from Icelandic ram- (intensifying prefix) + -bunctious, from bumptious]

rambunctiously adv

rambunctiousness n

rambunctious - Once rumbustious and robusteous, it is probably based on Latin robus, "oak"—implying strength—and can describe a person or animal.

See also related terms for oak.

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Adj.

rambunctious - noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"; "an unruly class"

boisterous, robustious, rumbustious, unruly

disorderly - undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct"

Translations

rambunctious [ræmˈbʌŋkʃəs] ADJ (US) → bullicioso, pendenciero

rambunctious

adj, rambunctiously

adv (esp US inf) (= exuberant and noisy) → laut, lärmend; (= boisterous) → übermütig, ausgelassen, wild

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Her latest album, "Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy," is described as a collection of rollicking, high-spirited, rambunctious and humorous tunes, rooted in the jug band tradition.

Joy of jug by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)

Out of the blue, their rambunctious cover of The Sugababes'' About You Now rocketed to number one in their native Ireland.

See Saw Doctors by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)

If you have a dog over 40 lbs and or an aggressive breed, you need a little more sturdy dog bed than people with smaller and more docile dogs Or, your dog may be a chew hound, digger, or just rambunctious and be hard on anything If you have a dog over 40 lbs and or an aggressive breed, you need a little more sturdy dog bed than people with smaller and more docile dogs.

Tough Dog Beds by John Dow / Pets and Animals community

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