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noun
1.
a rough, disorderly person.
adjective
2.
rough and disorderly: rowdy behavior at school.
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Rowdiness
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Related forms
row·di·ly, adverb
row·di·ness, noun
un·row·dy, adjective
Synonyms
2. boisterous, unruly, obstreperous.
2. boisterous, unruly, obstreperous.
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Word Origin & History
rowdy
"a rough, quarrelsome person," 1808, Amer.Eng., originally "lawless backwoodsman," probably from row (3). The adjective is first recorded 1819.
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