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
Adjective
a rowdy game of basketball
a rowdy but good-natured group of teenagers
Noun
rowdies had overtaken the neighborhood and were threatening people on the street
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Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
In addition to his gigs as a musician, Dunlap worked as a cab driver and as a janitor at Minneapolis’ storied First Avenue nightclub, where the Replacements played during the band’s famously rowdy come-up and where Dunlap met his wife, Chrissie, who was a talent booker at the club.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2022
Anna Kendrick, Michelle Yeoh, and Denzel Washington all got the same rowdy yet amiable energy.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 20 July 2022
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Adjective
Her improv troupe got booted off the stage by a group of rowdy high school kids who were expecting a magician.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
In addition to his gigs as a musician, Dunlap worked as a cab driver and as a janitor at Minneapolis’ storied First Avenue nightclub, where the Replacements played during the band’s famously rowdy come-up and where Dunlap met his wife, Chrissie, who was a talent booker at the club.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
The Horned Frogs have more talent and experience than the Buffaloes but will have to battle the heightened elevation and the rowdy, Colorado home-field advantage.
—Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2022
Anna Kendrick, Michelle Yeoh, and Denzel Washington all got the same rowdy yet amiable energy.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 20 July 2022
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“Rowdy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rowdy. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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rowdy
1 of 2 adjective
row·dy
ˈrau̇d-ē 
rowdier; rowdiest
: rough or loud in behavior
rowdiness
noun
rowdy
2 of 2 noun
plural rowdies
: a rowdy person
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