Boisterous

  • 121rowdy — [adj] boisterous, noisy disorderly, lawless, loud, loudmouthed, loutish, mischievous, obstreperous, rambunctious, raucous, rebellious, rough, roughhouse, rude, turbulent, unruly, uproarious, wild; concept 401 Ant. calm, moderate, quiet,… …

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  • 122tu̯ei-2, extended tu̯ei-s- —     tu̯ei 2, extended tu̯ei s     English meaning: to excite, shake, move around; to shimmer     Deutsche Übersetzung: “erregen, hin and her bewegen, schũtteln, erschũttern, also seelisch”     Grammatical information: (s present; to es stem… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 123roughhouse — AND roughneck 1. n. a mean kid; a boisterous child, usually male. □ Jimmy! Stop acting like such a roughhouse. □ Tell that young roughneck to straighten up and behave. 2. in. to be boisterous. □ Stop roughnecking in my living room …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 124rumbustious — ► ADJECTIVE informal, chiefly Brit. ▪ boisterous or unruly. ORIGIN probably an alteration of archaic robustious «boisterous, robust» …

    English terms dictionary

  • 125tomboy — [16] Tomboy originally denoted a ‘rude or boisterous boy’, but before the end of the 16th century it was being applied to a ‘girl who behaves like a boisterous boy’. Tom (the familiar form of Thomas) is presumably being used to denote ‘maleness’… …

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  • 126hoyden — [hoid′ n] n. [Early ModE, a rude fellow < ? Du heiden, akin to OE hæthen, HEATHEN] a bold, boisterous girl; tomboy adj. bold and boisterous; tomboyish hoydenish adj …

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  • 127revel — [rev′əl] vi. reveled or revelled, reveling or revelling [ME revelen < MFr reveler, to revel, lit., to rebel < L rebellare: see REBEL] 1. to make merry; be noisily festive 2. to take much pleasure; delight (in) [to revel in one s freedom] n …

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  • 128roaring — [rôr′iŋ] n. 1. the act of an animal, person, etc. that roars 2. the loud, deep sound made by an animal, etc. that roars 3. a disease of horses, characterized by loud, hoarse, rasping breathing adj. 1. a) that roars; loud; noisy b) boisterous,… …

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