Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rowdy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rowdy \Row"dy\, n.; pl. {Rowdies}. [From {Rout}, or Row a
brawl.]
One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly
fellow. --M. Arnold.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rowdy
adj : disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous
party"; "rowdy teenagers" [syn: {raucous}]
n : a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: {bully}, {tough}, {hooligan},
{ruffian}, {roughneck}, {yob}, {yobo}, {yobbo}]
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