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rowdy

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row·dy  (roud)
n. pl. row·dies
A rough, disorderly person.
adj. row·di·er, row·di·est
Disorderly; rough: rowdy teenagers; a rowdy beer party.

[Probably from row3.]

rowdi·ly adv.
rowdi·ness n.
rowdy·ism n.

rowdy
Adjective
[-dier, -diest]
rough, noisy, or disorderly
Noun
pl -dies
a person like this [origin unknown]
rowdily adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.rowdyrowdy - a cruel and brutal fellow
aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker - someone who attacks
bullyboy - a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction
muscleman, muscle - a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard; "the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him"
skinhead - a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations
plug-ugly, tough guy - someone who bullies weaker people
Adj.1.rowdy - disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous party"; "rowdy teenagers"
disorderly - undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct"

rowdy
noun 2. hooligan, tough, rough (informal) casual, ned Scot. (slang) brawler, yahoo, lout, troublemaker, tearaway Brit. ruffian, lager lout, yob or yobbo Brit. (slang) cougan Austral. (slang) scozza Austral. (slang) bogan Austral. (slang)
Translations
Spanish rowdy [ˈraudɪ] adj [person] (= noisy); ruidoso: (= quarrelsome); pendenciero; [occasion] → alborotado
npendenciero

French rowdy [ˈraudɪ] adjchahuteur/euse; bagarreur/euse
nvoyou m

German rowdy [ˈraudɪ] adj (person) → rüpelhaft;
(party etc) → lärmend

Italian rowdy [ˈraudɪ] adjchiassoso/a, turbolento/a
nteppista m/f

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Bullock," said Rowdy to Hollyock, as they drove away together--"she is always scheming and managing.
He found the "nigger" in him involuntarily giving the road, on the sidewalk, to a white rowdy and loafer.
It came to him, with horrible distinctness, how a boy in a cherry-coloured jersey - he despised fancy blazers now with all a fisherman's contempt - how an ignorant, rowdy boy had once said it would be "great" if a steamer ran down a fishing-boat.
 
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