rumbustious

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  1. adjective Uncontrollably exuberant; unruly: "Common to both his illustrations and his independent paintings . . . and lurking below their rumbustious surface, is a sympathy for the vulnerability of the ordinary human being” (Christopher Andreae).

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  • Then there is a rumbustious, bearded Philip Seymour Hoffman, who succeeds an eccentric American (Rhys Ifans) as the station's star turn and is momentarily disgruntled when the popular DJ returns. —  Evening Standard - Home
  • Mrs Palin, who also held a rumbustious rally with Mr McCain in the key battleground state of Virginia yesterday, later headed home to Alaska for the first time in almost two weeks, to be greeted with a triumphant welcome party at Fairbanks airport. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • Mr McCain and Mrs Palin held one more rumbustious rally together in Virginia yesterday before the Alaskan governor flew home to a triumphant welcome, a two-day profile interview with ABC News and the chance to say goodbye to her telegenic soldier son before he is sent to Iraq. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • The code looms like a dictatorial manual, converting what was once the world's most colourful rumbustious election process into an eerily quiet dictator's dream. —  Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'
  • We enjoyed a rumbustious conversation or two in the post-seminar bar. —  Latest News from Ekklesia
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  1. Probably alteration of robustious (influenced by rambunctious).
 

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/rəmˈbəstʃyəs/
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