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Definition of rowdy adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rowdy

adjective
 
/ˈraʊdi/
 
/ˈraʊdi/
(comparative rowdier, superlative rowdiest)
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  1. (of people) making a lot of noise or likely to cause trouble synonym disorderly
    • a rowdy crowd at the pub
    Extra Examples
    • She was teaching a class of rowdy twelve-year-olds.
    • Some lads were getting a bit rowdy.
    • The meeting had been quite rowdy.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRowdy is used with these nouns:
    • bunch
    • teenager
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    Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally US in the sense ‘lawless backwoodsman’): of unknown origin.
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