rowdy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a cruel and brutal fellow
    yobo; ruffian; tough; bully; roughneck; hooligan; yob; yobbo.
  2. adjective satellite disturbing the public peace; loud and rough
    raucous.
    • a raucous party
    • rowdy teenagers

WordNet

Row"dy noun
Etymology
From Rout, or Row a brawl.
Wordforms
plural Rowdies
Definitions
  1. One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow. M. Arnold.

Webster 1913