Rowdy

Quick meaning: Rowdy is an adjective meaning Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.

Meaning

Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A boisterous person; a brawler.
2. (uncountable, obsolete, slang) money; ready money.

Example Sentences

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.

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 […]

Word Forms

• rowdier
• rowdiest
• rowdie
• rowdies

Synonyms for rowdy

Depending on context, synonyms include brawler, ruffian, unruly, disorderly, raucous, tough.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include raucous, bully, roughneck, ruffian, yobo, disorderly.

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