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[ adjective ] disturbing the public peace; loud and rough

Synonyms

raucous

Examples

"a raucous party" "rowdy teenagers"

Used in print

(Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)

In his teens O_'_Banion was enrolled in the vicious Market_Street gang and he became a singing waiter in McGovern's_Cafe , a notoriously low and rowdy dive in North_Clark_Street , where befuddled customers were methodically looted of their money by the singing waiters before being thrown_out .

Related terms

disorderly

2
[ noun ] a cruel and brutal fellow

Used in print

(Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)

`` Arianist '' ! a rowdy with a big blob of a nose roared .

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