/ˈɹaʊdi/, /ˈɹaʊdi/, [ˈɹaʊɾi]
OriginPossibly from row (“noisy argument”), originally used as a noun.
- Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.
- countableA boisterous person; a brawler.
“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.”
- obsolete, slang, uncountablemoney; ready money.
“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”
“"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”
“The blessing of the priest converts flesh into fish; the skil of the resataurateur changes pet pussies into favourite dishes; the learning of the consmetic-chemist metamorphoses age into youth; the wi”
Formsrowdier(comparative) · rowdiest(superlative) · rowdie(alternative) · rowdies(plural)