rowdy
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 5
/ˈɹaʊ̯di/
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/ˈɹaʊ̯di/ · [ˈɹaʊ̯ɾi] · /ˈɹæɔ̯di/ · [ˈɹæɔ̯ɾi]
Definition of rowdy
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.
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adj
- Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.
noun
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(countable)A boisterous person; a brawler.
“Carpenter recruited his gang at the saloon, rowdies all. They slept the day, drank well into the evening, and then set off for their pastime.”
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(obsolete, slang, uncountable)money; ready money.
“I don’t know whether I quite approve of your throwing over Mr. P. for Mr. F., and don’t think Foker’s such a pretty name, and from your account of him he seems a muff, and not a beauty. But he has got the rowdy, which is the thing.”
“"Where's your money?" Jack exclaimed, hoarsely, in a well-feigned voice. "Ah! where's the rowdy?" iterated Clayton, in a tone it was impossible to conceal. "I have no money — none — save a few guineas; there — there — in my pocket […]”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Possibly from row (“noisy argument”), originally used as a noun.
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