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Definition of "rowdy" []

  • A rough, disorderly person. (noun)
  • Disorderly; rough: rowdy teenagers; a rowdy beer party. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "rowdy" in a sentence
  • "In fact, he's apologized for what he calls his rowdy, playful behavior, saying it was a mistake."
  • ""Charlie was rowdy from the beginning like he had been drinking prior.""
  • "Only place i've ever seen a tasting room get a little rowdy is Pindar, but that's because it's so damn big it's more like a bar."