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Definition of rowdy
rowdier
;rowdiest
: coarse or boisterous in behavior : rough; also : characterized by such behavior rowdy local bars
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Examples of rowdy in a Sentence
a rowdy game of basketball
a rowdy but good-natured group of teenagers
Recent Examples of rowdy from the Web
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Multiple classes compete on any given Saturday ranging from the rowdy Hornets to the lightning-fast Winged Sprints.
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Back in the 1850s, the red sandstone Smithsonian Castle was home to the Institution’s first secretary, Joseph Henry, as well as a group of rowdy young scientists.
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Years ago an acquaintance spent several hair-raising months as a bodyguard for Angus Young, who plays guitar for a rowdy musical troupe called AC/DC.
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Rep. Darrell Issa welcomed a crowd of constituents to his Vista office Friday afternoon for what turned into a sometimes rowdy question-and-answer session.
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Liberal groups and others eager to see Issa toppled have organized weekly demonstrations outside his district office since the election, and his most recent town meeting, in March, was rowdy and packed.
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The Tea Partiers may be rowdy and ideologically diffuse, but their goals, like Beck's, are indisputably libertarian.
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The result is a potentially intriguing final between NHL royalty and the rowdy neighbors next door.
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Get a room with a balcony that overlooks all the wild shenanigans or a less rowdy view overlooking the gorgeous courtyard.
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Origin and Etymology of rowdy
perhaps irregular from 5row
Examples of rowdy in a Sentence
rowdies had overtaken the neighborhood and were threatening people on the street
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Appalled at how absurdly little legislative progress has been made this year—despite unified GOP control of the government—the ultra-conservative rowdies are pushing for the unthinkable: a cancellation of Congress’s summer break.
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Sunday Rowdies: (M) Leonard Carter 692; (W) Jamie Heintz 589.
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The president of The Edwards Group (led by Rowdies owner Bill Edwards) knows a thing or two about elections.
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First Known Use of rowdy
1865
ROWDY Defined for English Language Learners
rowdy
Definition of rowdy for English Language Learners
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: a person who causes trouble in a noisy way
ROWDY Defined for Kids
Definition of rowdy for Students
rowdier
;rowdiest
: rough or noisy rowdy baseball fans
rowdiness
nounDefinition of rowdy for Students
rowdies
: a person who behaves coarsely or roughly
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