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All that is worth seeing in good boxing can best be witnessed in a contest with soft gloves. Every value is called out: quickness, force, precision, foresight, readiness, pluck, and endurance. With these, the rowdy and 'rough' are not satisfied.
John Boyle O'Reilly

Meaning of "rowdy" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ROWDY

Originally US slang, perhaps related to row³.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ROWDY

rowdy  [ˈraʊdɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROWDY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rowdy can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ROWDY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rowdy in the English dictionary

The definition of rowdy in the dictionary is tending to create noisy disturbances; rough, loud, or disorderly. Other definition of rowdy is a person who behaves in a rough disorderly fashion.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROWDY


cloudy
ˈklaʊdɪ
Cody
ˈkəʊdɪ
crowdie
ˈkraʊdɪ
dowdy
ˈdaʊdɪ
goodie
ˈɡʊdɪ
goody
ˈɡʊdɪ
grody
ˈɡrəʊdɪ
hoodie
ˈhʊdɪ
hoody
ˈhʊdɪ
howdie
ˈhaʊdɪ
howdy
ˈhaʊdɪ
howtowdie
haʊˈtaʊdɪ
mowdie
ˈmaʊdɪ
pandowdy
pænˈdaʊdɪ
Prodi
ˈprəʊdɪ
roadie
ˈrəʊdɪ
shroudy
ˈʃraʊdɪ
uncloudy
ʌnˈklaʊdɪ
woodie
ˈwʊdɪ
woody
ˈwʊdɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROWDY

row over
rowable
rowan
rowanberry
rowboat
rowdier
rowdies
rowdiest
rowdily
rowdiness
rowdydow
rowdyish
rowdyism
Rowe
rowel
rowelled
rowelling
rowen
rower
rowie

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROWDY

already
anybody
at the ready
bawdy
body
buddy
candy
comedy
daddy
everybody
handy
Kennedy
lady
nobody
ready
sandy
somebody
study
teddy
trendy

Synonyms and antonyms of rowdy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ROWDY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rowdy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of rowdy

Translation of «rowdy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROWDY

Find out the translation of rowdy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rowdy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rowdy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

吵闹的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ruidoso
570 millions of speakers

English

rowdy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उपद्रवी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مشاكس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дебошир
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

brigão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্ছৃঙ্খল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bruyant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gaduh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

rüpelhaft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

けんかっ早い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시끄러운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rowdy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

om sòm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போக்கிரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गर्दीने भरलेला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kabadayı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chiassoso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hałaśliwy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дебошир
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bătăuș
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θορυβώδες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rumoerige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rowdy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bølle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rowdy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROWDY»

The term «rowdy» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.788 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROWDY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «rowdy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «rowdy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rowdy

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3 QUOTES WITH «ROWDY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rowdy.
1
John Boyle O'Reilly
All that is worth seeing in good boxing can best be witnessed in a contest with soft gloves. Every value is called out: quickness, force, precision, foresight, readiness, pluck, and endurance. With these, the rowdy and 'rough' are not satisfied.
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Sarah Wynter
I grew up with a younger brother, so I can get pretty rowdy.
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Angus Young
We're a rock group. we're noisy, rowdy, sensational and weird.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROWDY»

Discover the use of rowdy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rowdy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Getting Rowdy (Mills & Boon M&B)
Charismatic bar owner Rowdy Yates isn’t the kind of man women say no to.
Lori Foster, 2013
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Rowdy Revolutions
Readers can discover all the foul facts about Rowdy Revolutions, including which Chinese emperor was overthrown by his mum, why one revolution made ugly people very scared indeed and what Count Dracula was really like.
Terry Deary, 2011
3
The Adventures of Sam and Rowdy: Two Best Friends
Meet Sam, Rowdy, and all of their amazing friends, and join them all on their many adventures as they enjoy life and each other's friendship.
Jason Williams, Jeremy Felt, 2013
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Rowdy of the "Cross L."
You'll presently find yourself accomplishing the impossible in obedience to the flicker of Rowdy Vaughan's eyelids. Man, did you never observe theset ofhishead , and thelook ofhis eye?Rowdy Vaughan will get moreoutofthis crowdthanany ...
B. M. Bower, 2014
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Rowdy in Paris
When an award he has won at a rodeo competition is stolen by a pair of young French women, old-school cowboy Rowdy Talbot travels to Paris to retrieve it, triggering an unexpected culture clash involving disaffected French revolutionaries, ...
Tim Sandlin, 2009
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Raising Righteous and Rowdy Girls
Learn how to teach your daughters to fight, shoot guns, sense BS, be classy, despise anti-intellectualism, be visionaries, party without going Britney, the value hunting and the outdoors, the importance of traditional convictions, and how ...
Doug Giles, 2011
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Rowdy's Return
A dark family secret concerning his stepsister, Dawn, forces Rowdy to return home.
Edwin Derek, 2001
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Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy ...
It was Washington who gave this book its title. He once wrote of his dismay at being "buffited in the public prints by a set of infamous scribblers.
Eric Burns, 2007
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Rough, tough, Rowdy: a Bank Street book about values
In another valuable lesson sponsored by the Bank Street College of Education, Rowdy Rabbit learns that it is not fair to play rough after he finds two big friends who are tougher than he is.
William H. Hooks, 1992
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The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless ...
The inside story of the most colorful decade in NFL history—pro football’s raging, hormonal, hairy, druggy, immortal adolescence.
Kevin Cook, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROWDY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rowdy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bobby Shmurda & Rowdy Rebel Trial Date Set
Shmurda and his rapping affiliate Rowdy Rebel appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court today (their first time since April), where a judge set their trial date for ... «HotNewHipHop, Jun 15»
2
DNR to address rowdy beach behavior
SOLON, Iowa —The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will be looking at ways to corral the rowdy behavior at Lake Macbride State Park near Solon in ... «KCCI Des Moines, Jun 15»
3
Guggenheim accused of racism after high school kids are booted
The Upper East Side museum banned a Brooklyn high school for life after its students were deemed too rowdy on a recent visit — a move that some call ... «New York Post, May 15»
4
Port Authority Rookie Cops Sue After Firing Over Rowdy Graduation …
An investigation of a rowdy graduation party involving rookie Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police officers unconstitutionally relied on searches of ... «NBC New York, May 15»
5
Thomas Cook flight makes emergency landing after drunken fracas …
The Thomas Cook aircraft was diverted to Gatwick Airport shortly after 11am today when 'rowdy' passengers threw the flight into turmoil. After landing, police ... «mirror.co.uk, May 15»
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Police arrest 53 in aftermath of rowdy annual BSU Spring Fest
Defendants were rounded up on Saturday into Sunday by both Bridgewater and Bridgewater State University police in a coordinated response to the rowdy ... «Fall River Herald News, Apr 15»
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Bobby Shmurda & Rowdy Rebel's Trial Set For June 25th
It's now been over four months since Bobby Shmurda, Rowdy Rebel and 11 other members of GS9 were arrested and charged with over 100 crimes, ranging ... «HotNewHipHop, Apr 15»
8
Rowdy University of Kentucky Fans Take to Streets After Final Four …
Hundreds of rowdy University of Kentucky fans took to the streets of Lexington on Saturday night after the Wildcats lost to the University of Wisconsin Badgers, ... «KTLA, Apr 15»
9
3 Arrested After Rowdy Celebration, Fire Following MSU's Sweet 16 …
EAST LANSING (WWJ) – Police officers dressed in riot gear made three arrests following a rowdy celebration after Michigan State's Sweet 16 win over ... «CBS Local, Mar 15»
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Bobby Shmurda & Rowdy Rebel Call In To HOT 97 From Jail
Bobby Shmurda and Rowdy Rebel have been locked up since December of last year, and while we didn't heard anything from the two GS9 rappers for some ... «HotNewHipHop, Mar 15»

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