raucous

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  1. adjective Rough-sounding and harsh: raucous laughter.
  2. adjective Boisterous and disorderly: "the raucous give and take of American democracy” (Charles Kuralt).

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  • They were laughing and raucous, all dressed in matching softball uniforms. —  Karin Slaughter - Kisscut
  • But Mud let out another round of raucous, angry barks, and he snapped into alertness. —  ClayYeager'sRedemption
  • In a seedy backroom in a raucous area, we discovered Claudia Rufina, all alone. —  Two For The Lions
  • Citi-Field will rock one way or the other …. it's either gonna be cheers and a place a$$ociated with good times (MANNY) … or a raucous, angry place booing the love out of Redding and the building. —  MetsBlog.com
  • The trio is loud, raucous, and road-hardened (300-plus shows in little more than two years, nearly all of them played outside their hometown). —  Playback:stl Syndication
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. From Latin raucus.

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  1. =F, rauque =Provencal rauc, rauch =Catalan ronc =Spanish ronco, rauco =Portuguese rouco =Italian rauco, from Latin raucus, hoarse; cf. Sanskrit √ ru, cry out.
 

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