ROWDY
What does "ROWDY" mean?
Noisy, boisterous, and inclined toward rough or disorderly behavior.
Meanings
- Loud, energetic, and disorderly, often in a way that disturbs others. The crowd got rowdy the moment the home team scored.
- A rough, disorderly person. The bouncer escorted a couple of rowdies off the premises. informal
Word origin
An Americanism first recorded in the early 19th century, of uncertain origin; possibly from 'row' (a noisy quarrel) plus the adjective suffix '-dy'.
Remember it
ROW + DY: a noisy ROW (a brawl) makes a crowd roWDY.
A little poem
Bleachers stamp like drums-
one missed call and the whole stand
stands, roaring as one.
haiku
What it teaches
Noise borrows the confidence a single voice could never afford alone.
Quick facts
What does ROWDY mean?
Noisy, boisterous, and inclined toward rough or disorderly behavior.
Is ROWDY a valid word?
Yes — ROWDY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ROWDY?
ROWDY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ROWDY come from?
An Americanism first recorded in the early 19th century, of uncertain origin; possibly from 'row' (a noisy quarrel) plus the adjective suffix '-dy'.
What can ROWDY teach us?
Noise borrows the confidence a single voice could never afford alone.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.