Rowdy
adjective
Someone who is noisy and causes trouble.
The rowdy crowd caused problems after the game.
Often appears as...
- rowdy crowd
- rowdy behavior
noun
A person who is noisy and causes trouble.
There was a group of rowdies causing trouble at the bar.
Often appears as...
- group of rowdies
- local rowdy
adjective
Someone who is noisy and causes trouble.
The rowdy crowd caused problems after the game.
Often appears as...
- rowdy crowd
- rowdy behavior
noun
A person who is noisy and causes trouble.
There was a group of rowdies causing trouble at the bar.
Often appears as...
- group of rowdies
- local rowdy
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'rowdy' to describe settings where noise and chaos are unexpected or unwelcome.
The library got rowdy during finals week.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Impact
'Rowdy' can have a negative tone, suggesting annoyance or disapproval of the noise or trouble caused.
My neighbors were rowdy last night, and I couldn't sleep.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Usage
'Rowdy' is informal and best used in casual conversations, not in formal writings.
The party turned rowdy when the music got louder.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'rowdy' to describe settings where noise and chaos are unexpected or unwelcome.
The library got rowdy during finals week.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Impact
'Rowdy' can have a negative tone, suggesting annoyance or disapproval of the noise or trouble caused.
My neighbors were rowdy last night, and I couldn't sleep.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Usage
'Rowdy' is informal and best used in casual conversations, not in formal writings.
The party turned rowdy when the music got louder.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'rowdy' to describe settings where noise and chaos are unexpected or unwelcome.
The library got rowdy during finals week.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Impact
'Rowdy' can have a negative tone, suggesting annoyance or disapproval of the noise or trouble caused.
My neighbors were rowdy last night, and I couldn't sleep.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Usage
'Rowdy' is informal and best used in casual conversations, not in formal writings.
The party turned rowdy when the music got louder.
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Video examples
Speech acts: Constative...
doesn't mean that it's implicitly followed. Back at the pool, a rowdy group of teenagers races to the high dive. "No running" does not seem to have power over them, and they'll have to face the consequences of breaking this performative. They may even have to force out some performatives of their own, such as apologizing to the life guard
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Safari Live - Day 125 PIPE...
brain twos workings a brand might even find that herd of elephants the nitrene said perhaps that big fella has already given another young bull were hiding and we were talking about this the other day in fact where we had that very well rowdy young elephant bull and playing
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Making waves: The power...
Let's put you back in the ocean to see how this works. Snap! You're transformed into a molecule of surface water, off the temperate coast of New York surrounded by a zillion rowdy others. Here, the sun's rays act as an energizer that set you and the other water molecules
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Why should you read...
of his diverse and rowdy audience. The Globe welcomed all sections of society. Wealthier patrons watched the stage from covered balconies while poorer people paid a penny to take in the show from an open-air section called the pit.
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Heather Brooke: My...
Once upon a time, the world was a big, dysfunctional family. It was run by the great and powerful parents, and the people were helpless and hopeless naughty children. If any of the more rowdier children questioned
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The myth of Loki and the...
After all, what god could fear a trifling weed? At this, Loki dashed outside to find a sprig of mistletoe. When he returned, the festivities had grown even rowdier. But not every god was enjoying the party.
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The power of introverts...
day for the rest of the summer to instill camp spirit and it went like this our owd ie that's the way we spell rowdy rowdy rowdy let's get rowdy yeah so I couldn't figure out for the life of me why we
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Five Pirate Myths That...
number four pirate ships were rowdy boisterous vessels full of drunken rules when fresh water was a rare commodity and rum was the drink of choice things were bound to get a little wild
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El Paso's Unwanted Pets...
anyway there's my rowdy good girl Wow all right which one are we getting dear there's space for just two more Loretta takes a pair of shih tzus
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The power of introverts...
Yeah. So I couldn't figure out for the life of me why we were supposed to be so rowdy, or why we had to spell this word incorrectly.
Video examples
Speech acts: Constative...
doesn't mean that it's implicitly followed. Back at the pool, a rowdy group of teenagers races to the high dive. "No running" does not seem to have power over them, and they'll have to face the consequences of breaking this performative. They may even have to force out some performatives of their own, such as apologizing to the life guard
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 125 PIPE...
brain twos workings a brand might even find that herd of elephants the nitrene said perhaps that big fella has already given another young bull were hiding and we were talking about this the other day in fact where we had that very well rowdy young elephant bull and playing
Video examples
Making waves: The power...
Let's put you back in the ocean to see how this works. Snap! You're transformed into a molecule of surface water, off the temperate coast of New York surrounded by a zillion rowdy others. Here, the sun's rays act as an energizer that set you and the other water molecules
Video examples
Why should you read...
of his diverse and rowdy audience. The Globe welcomed all sections of society. Wealthier patrons watched the stage from covered balconies while poorer people paid a penny to take in the show from an open-air section called the pit.
Video examples
Heather Brooke: My...
Once upon a time, the world was a big, dysfunctional family. It was run by the great and powerful parents, and the people were helpless and hopeless naughty children. If any of the more rowdier children questioned
Video examples
The myth of Loki and the...
After all, what god could fear a trifling weed? At this, Loki dashed outside to find a sprig of mistletoe. When he returned, the festivities had grown even rowdier. But not every god was enjoying the party.
Video examples
The power of introverts...
day for the rest of the summer to instill camp spirit and it went like this our owd ie that's the way we spell rowdy rowdy rowdy let's get rowdy yeah so I couldn't figure out for the life of me why we
Video examples
Five Pirate Myths That...
number four pirate ships were rowdy boisterous vessels full of drunken rules when fresh water was a rare commodity and rum was the drink of choice things were bound to get a little wild
Video examples
El Paso's Unwanted Pets...
anyway there's my rowdy good girl Wow all right which one are we getting dear there's space for just two more Loretta takes a pair of shih tzus
Video examples
The power of introverts...
Yeah. So I couldn't figure out for the life of me why we were supposed to be so rowdy, or why we had to spell this word incorrectly.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Diane Ackerman
American Poet
The garden is a living, pulsing, singing, scratching, warring, erotic, and generally rowdy thing. I may find peace in its midst, but I regard it as a whole with many parts, a plural organism.
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Gyles Brandreth
British Actor
With a rowdy audience, the trick is not to go louder and try to beat them into submission. It's to go quieter. As they get loud, you get soft. Then they lean in towards you to listen.
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Daphne Guinness
British Artist
I've always been more slight, and I've always sort of felt that I needed to be protected, especially with so many rowdy brothers and sisters.
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Robert Baden-Powell
English Soldier
Giving responsibility is the key to success with boys, especially with the rowdiest and most difficult boys.
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Gerard Pique
Spanish Athlete
The majority of Espanyol supporters are polite, but there are always rowdy minorities.
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Valee
American Musician
I'm just not a loud person. I don't like to showboat. I'm not rowdy.
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Angus Young
Scottish Musician
We're a rock group. we're noisy, rowdy, sensational and weird.
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R-Truth
American Wrestler
I heard there are some real rowdy fans in New Zealand.
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Nina Nesbitt
Scottish Musician
People in Glasgow are really rowdy which is good.
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Rashad Evans
American Athlete
I was a rowdy boy growing up.
Quote examples
Diane Ackerman
American Poet
The garden is a living, pulsing, singing, scratching, warring, erotic, and generally rowdy thing. I may find peace in its midst, but I regard it as a whole with many parts, a plural organism.
Quote examples
Gyles Brandreth
British Actor
With a rowdy audience, the trick is not to go louder and try to beat them into submission. It's to go quieter. As they get loud, you get soft. Then they lean in towards you to listen.
Quote examples
Daphne Guinness
British Artist
I've always been more slight, and I've always sort of felt that I needed to be protected, especially with so many rowdy brothers and sisters.
Quote examples
Robert Baden-Powell
English Soldier
Giving responsibility is the key to success with boys, especially with the rowdiest and most difficult boys.
Quote examples
Gerard Pique
Spanish Athlete
The majority of Espanyol supporters are polite, but there are always rowdy minorities.
Quote examples
Valee
American Musician
I'm just not a loud person. I don't like to showboat. I'm not rowdy.
Quote examples
Angus Young
Scottish Musician
We're a rock group. we're noisy, rowdy, sensational and weird.
Quote examples
R-Truth
American Wrestler
I heard there are some real rowdy fans in New Zealand.
Quote examples
Nina Nesbitt
Scottish Musician
People in Glasgow are really rowdy which is good.
Quote examples
Rashad Evans
American Athlete
I was a rowdy boy growing up.
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