Boisterous definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BOIS'TEROUS, a. 1. Loud; roaring; violent; stormy; as a boisterous wind. 2. Turbulent; furious; tumultuous; noisy; as a boisterous man. 3. Large; unwieldy; huge; clumsily violent; as a boisterous club. 4. Violent; as a boisterous heat. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out ...
... waves; violently agitated; as a rough sea. 5. Tempestuous; stormy; boisterous; as rough weather. 6. Austere to the taste; harsh; as ... rough time" [syn: rocky, rough] 5: violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" [syn: boisterous, fierce, rough] 6: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a ... a person or behaviour) not mild or quiet or gentle; boisterous, unrestrained (rough manners; rough play). b (of language etc.) coarse ... hewn uncouth, unrefined. rough house sl. a disturbance or row; boisterous play. rough-house v. sl. 1 tr. handle (a person ... breaks in or can ride unbroken horses. rough stuff colloq. boisterous or violent behaviour. rough tongue a habit of rudeness ...
... 2005) adj 1: full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy" [syn: boisterous, knockabout] 2: suitable for rough use; "a knockabout overcoat"; "a ... rough use < knockabout clothing > 2. a. being noisy and rough ; boisterous < knockabout games > b. characterized by boisterous antics and often extravagant burlesque < knockabout comedy > 3. of a ... Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. & n. --attrib.adj. 1 (of comedy) boisterous; slapstick. 2 (of clothes) suitable for rough use. 3 Austral ...
Ruffian definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary RUF'FIAN, n. A boisterous, brutal fellow; a fellow ready for any desperate crime; a ... a cut-throat; a murderer. RUF'FIAN, a. Brutal; savagely boisterous; as ruffian rage. RUF'FIAN, v.i. To play the ... at home, reveling with her ruffians. --Bp. Reynolds. 2. A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or ... s 1913 Dictionary Ruffian Ruf"fian, a. brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Ruffian Ruf ... monster, robber, cut-throat, murderer. II. a. Savage, brutal, savagely boisterous, tumultuous, raging, violent. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue The ...
... Ramp and Romance.] 1. A rude girl who indulges in boisterous play. 2. Rude play or frolic. Romp loving miss is ... romping girl or woman 2. a. high-spirited, carefree, and boisterous play b. something suggestive of such play: as (1) a ... 1. to run or play in a lively, carefree, or boisterous manner 2. to move or proceed in a brisk, easy ... colloq. proceed without effort. --n. a spell of romping or boisterous play. Phrases and idioms: romp in (or home) colloq. finish ... Dictionary Romp Romp, n. 1. A girl who indulges in boisterous play. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (romps, romping, romped) 1. Journalists ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TER'MAGANT, a. Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous or furious; quarrelsome; scolding. The eldest was a termagant, imperious, prodigal, profligate wench. TER'MAGANT, n. A boisterous, brawling, turbulent woman. It seems in Shakespeare to have been ... s 1913 Dictionary Termagant Ter"ma*gant, a. Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding. -- Ter"ma*gant*ly, adv. A termagant ... On Termagant the more, and on Mahound. --Fairfax. 2. A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; -- formerly applied to both sexes, now only ... amazon, battle-ax, beast, beldam, berserk, berserker, bitch, bitch-kitty, boisterous, bomber, brute, cat, common scold, demon, devil, disorderly, dragon, fiend ...
... adj 1: noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of ... the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"; "an unruly class" [syn: boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: alteration ... British • rumbustiousness noun, chiefly British Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. colloq. boisterous, noisy, uproarious. Derivatives: rumbustiously adv. rumbustiousness n. Etymology: prob. var. of robustious boisterous, ROBUST Collin's Cobuild Dictionary A rumbustious person is energetic ... AM, use rambunctious) ...the flamboyant and somewhat rumbustious prime minister. = boisterous ADJ: usu ADJ n
... or rumbling) b. to laugh loudly 3. a. to be boisterous or disorderly b. to proceed or rush with great noise ... continuous confused sound < the roar of the crowd > 4. a boisterous outcry Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & v. --n. 1 a loud ... crossed where carts and coaches roar. --Gay. 3. To be boisterous; to be disorderly. It was a mad, roaring time, full ... it is the cannon's opening roar! --Byron. (d) A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in mirth. Pit, boxes, and galleries ...
... himself merry with his high and threatening language. 12. Loud; boisterous; threatening or angry. The parties had very high words. 13 ... Jewish New Year or the Day of Atonement. high jinks boisterous joking or merrymaking. high-jump 1 an athletic event consisting ... vainglorious. 7. Oppressive, domineering, overbearing, tyrannical, despotic. 8. Violent, strong, boisterous, turbulent, to multuous. 9. Great, strong, extreme. 10. Complete, full ... bounds, bid price, big, bighearted, bilabial, blithe, blithesome, blown, boiled, boisterous, bombed, book value, boozy, boundless, brackish, bright, bright and sunny ...
... outcry • vociferously adverb • vociferousness noun Synonyms: vociferous, clamorous, blatant, strident, boisterous, obstreperous mean so loud or insistent as to compel attention ... and discordant noise < heard the strident cry of the crow >. boisterous suggests a noisiness and turbulence due to high spirits < a boisterous crowd of party goers >. obstreperous suggests unruly and aggressive noisiness ... uproarious, obstreperous. Moby Thesaurus bawling, blaring, blatant, blatting, blustering, boanergean, boisterous, brassy, brawling, brazen, clamant, clamorous, clamoursome, clanging, clangorous, clattery, crying ...
... play. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: rowdy or boisterous play Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1589 rough or boisterous play Oxford Reference Dictionary n. boisterous play. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Horseplay Horse"play`, n. Rude, boisterous play. Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. --Dryden ...
... 2. To roar, and be tumultuous, as wind; to be boisterous; to be windy;; to hurry. BLUS'TER, n. Noise; tumult ... blow in stormy noisy gusts b. to be windy and boisterous transitive verb 1. to utter with noisy self-assertiveness 2 ... noun • blusteringly adverb II. noun Date: 1583 1. a violent boisterous blowing 2. violent commotion 3. loudly boastful or threatening speech ... with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather. And ever-threatening storms Of Chaos blustering ...