rowdy
adjetivosubstantivoatestado nos diálogos
- Reino Unido//ˈɹaʊ̯di//
- Canadá//ˈɹaʊ̯di//
- Canadá/[ˈɹaʊ̯ɾi]/
- Austrália//ˈɹæɔ̯di//
Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.
adjetivo
- 1
Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.
Etimologia
Possibly from row (“noisy argument”), originally used as a noun.
substantivo
- 1
A 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.
- 2
obsoletomoney; 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 the rowdy, which is the thing.
"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; there — there — in my pocket […]
Formas
- plural
- rowdies
- comparativo
- rowdier
- superlativo
- rowdiest
rowdy · Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.
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