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Definition of rowdy : One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow.

Synonyms:

yobbo, deafening, goon, ear-splitting, tough, attack, bully, rough, punk, hooligan, yobo, disorderly, roughneck, ruffian, shrill, resounding, raucous, thug, mug, crimes, unruly, hood, uproarious, hoodlum, strident, street fighter, riotous, yob, piercing, loud, toughie, can't hear yourself think, strong-armer, noisy

Usage examples:

• Certainly they were sometimes less rowdy, but not often. - "The Escaping Club", A. J. Evans.
• You- my nephew, the heir to the title, behaving like a common rowdy in the streets of London . - "A Damsel in Distress", Pelham Grenville Wodehouse.
• All the animals ready for a start and happy am I to turn my back on this camp which I call Rowdy Creek Falls Camp after the poor little bullock we killed here, which gave us about 70 pounds of such stuff as one could hardly imagine without seeing it- nothing like a particle of fat visible anywhere and excessively tasteless. - "McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia", John McKinlay.