Definitions

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  • noun The state of being rowdy

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  • noun rowdy behavior

Etymologies

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rowdy +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • The problem is that Noonan's argument is premised on two points: that the American version of Question Time will be as rowdy as that of the UK, and that the rowdiness is a design flaw.

    MetaFilter 2010

  • There was plenty of drinking and dancing downstairs in the common room of the roadhouse, but not the kind of rowdiness that prevailed at rougher places and out in the open, where wagons filled with likker were doing quite a business.

    Alvin Journeyman Card, Orson Scott 1995

  • The strongest predictors of both the frequency and severity of patron aggression in large drinking establishments were social factors such as rowdiness/permissiveness and sexual activity, contact and competition, and closing time variables such as over-serving at closing time and the number of people hanging around after closing.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michael Cusimano et al. 2010

  • I wonder how far they will elasticise the word "rowdiness" …. .considerably, I'm sure.

    Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com 2009

  • Is it any wonder that with the construction of each new stadium, fan rowdiness increases, causing even more segregation and thus more discontent?

    How Government Coddles the 1% Peter Funt 2012

  • Unruly crowd behavior occasionally is an issue at college football stadiums, but technology is offering a solution in some places for fans concerned about the rowdiness displayed by others.

    Storylines abound in college football as season kicks off 2009

  • Their only concern is your parent's hard earned cash, and the rowdiness you exhibit as you leave in visible pain and pride with your tattoo preciously covered in clear plastic bandages.

    Tracey D. Smith: Charm School 101 for the College Student Tracey D. Smith 2010

  • I pull up to Hoss's place, a yellow-brick antique he shares with three other guys midway between campus and downtown—an area that tolerates a little rowdiness.

    Variable (X) Jason Lee Miller 2011

  • Their only concern is your parent's hard earned cash, and the rowdiness you exhibit as you leave in visible pain and pride with your tattoo preciously covered in clear plastic bandages.

    Tracey D. Smith: Charm School 101 for the College Student Tracey D. Smith 2010

  • Many equated snowboarding with rowdiness, or worse.

    Jake Burton puts his personal stamp on Burton Snowboards 2010

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