rowdyn.¹adj.

Brit.

/ˈraʊdi/, U.S.

/ˈraʊdi/

Forms: 1800s rowdey, 1800s– rowdy, 1900s– roudy.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: rowdy-dow n.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps shortened < rowdy-dow n. Compare earlier row n.⁵

A. n.¹

1. Originally and chiefly U.S. A backwoodsman of a rough and lawless type; (hence) a rough, disorderly person; one disposed to quarrelling, fighting, or disturbing the peace.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > [noun] > raising outcry

barratorc1440

brawlc1440

outcrier1535

breacher1697

rowdy1814

roughiea1819

roughneck1834

rough1837

blood-tub1853

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > rough or boisterous > person

barratorc1440

brawlc1440

outcrier1535

tear-rogue1685

breacher1697

rowdy1814

roughiea1819

roughneck1834

rough1837

soap-lock1840

roughhouser1901

gurrier1936

1814 W. Littell Festoons of Fancy 100 It seems to this court that the loss to him would be the same, as if he had lost it among those, whom his gentlemanship is pleased to call rowdies.

1819 W. Faux Jrnl. 16 Oct. in Memorable Days Amer. (1823) 179 No legal inquiry..ever takes place amongst the Rowdies, as the Back-woodsmen are called.

1824 ‘A. Singleton’ Lett. from South & West 93 The riotous roisters, or, as they are here [sc. in Kentucky] called, rowdies, will fight..from mere love of fighting.

1871 in M. Schele De Vere Americanisms (at cited word) Roughs and rowdies are multiplying fearfully in our borders.

1921 Med. Critic & Guide Oct. 371 I consider rowdies much worse criminals than thieves.

1957 W. L. Lucey Catholic Church in Maine iv. 131 These acts of violence could not be blamed entirely on rowdies.

1991 Economist 14 Sept. 56/1 Petty crime and attacks by young rowdies on foreigners allegedly pinching German jobs.

2003 High Country News 3 Mar. 10/2 Thirty of Baird's cattle have been killed by gun-toting rowdies and off-roaders.

2. In wider use: an unruly or noisy person, a troublemaker.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun] > persons full of strife > one who causes disturbance or trouble

disturberc1290

troublera1382

distroublerc1440

disturblerc1440

shakebucklera1538

hellcat1603

trouble-feast1603

trouble-rest1605

trouble-house1608

trouble-cupa1610

trouble-state1609

seek-trouble1611

trouble-town1619

trouble-world1663

hellion1845

rowdy1859

bad actor1879

ratbag1890

disturbant1894

trouble-maker1923

performer1937

messer1942

shit-stirrer1961

1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 72/1 Rabbit, a rowdy. ‘Dead rabbit’, a very athletic rowdy fellow.

1865 Sat. Rev. 15 July 74/2 The organization of the rowdies was perfect, all Conservative rowdies being massed on one side of the hustings, and all Liberal rowdies on the other.

1887 Westm. Rev. June 280 When he assures us that these Belfast rowdies are the most intelligent of the Irish people, we take leave to exercise our own judgment a little.

1905 J. B. Firth Highways & Byways in Derbyshire 390 A horde of callous rowdies.

1966 H. Davies New London Spy (1967) 250 Rowdies or trouble-makers are barred immediately, even when their errors arise from misery..rather than drunken brawling.

1999 E. D. Goy & J. Levinger tr. M. Selimović Fortress xiii. 244 Around midnight some rowdies came in and threatened to spoil the party.

B. adj.

†a. Belonging to the class of people known as ‘rowdies’. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > [adjective]

ruffian1528

ruffianly1570

tory-rory1678

rowdy1819

tear-brass1880

1819 W. Faux Jrnl. 16 Oct. in Memorable Days Amer. (1823) 316 When the English first came to Evansville settlement, these Rowdey labourers had nearly scared them out.

1819 W. Faux Jrnl. 16 Oct. in Memorable Days Amer. (1823) 332 He could not find a man to serve the warrant,..and means to impanel a Rowdey jury, and try the matter before himself.

b. Having the manners or behaviour of a rowdy; rough, disorderly. Also (without the suggestion of violence): noisy, boisterous, disruptive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] > rough > rough or boisterous

robustious1548

boisterous1568

rory-tory1683

randy1723

rumgumptious1781

lungeous1787

rowdy dowdy1816

roaritorious1821

riproarious1830

rough and tumble1831

rowdy1832

rowdy-dow1832

tear-brass1880

knockabout1885

rory-cum-tory1893

roughhouse1896

1832 Amer. Monthly Rev. Sept. 244 That kind of sentimental slang, which the hazy heads and dyspeptic stomachs of rowdy poetasters have unhappily brought into vogue.

1844 Mrs. Houstoun Texas & Gulf of Mexico II. 106 The rowdy fellow (anglice scamp) is held in check by the consciousness, that should he offend,..tarring and feathering would be his portion.

1883 R. Gower My Reminisc. II. 53 A town of steep streets crowded with a rowdy mob.

1914 G. B. Shaw Misalliance 67 I spent sevenpence on dropping pennies into..peepshows of rowdy girls having a jolly time.

1934 M. T. King Mothercraft xi. 173 From the fifth to the seventh month baby is a rowdy person, revelling in making as much noise as he can.

1935 T. S. Eliot Murder in Cathedral ii. 78 So if we seemed a bit rowdy, you will understand why it was.

2004 K. Rugh What about Labrador Retrievers? ii. 26 Boisterous, rowdy children seem to intimidate some Labs.

c. Originally Australian. In extended use. Of animals: refractory; likely to give trouble.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > restless or unruly

mockisha1529

unruly1544

undemure?1548

skittish1600

lawless1854

uneasy1855

rowdy1872

1872 C. H. Eden My Wife & I in Queensland iii. 69 Branding or securing a troublesome or, colonially, a ‘rowdy’ bullock.

1895 A. B. Paterson Man from Snowy River (1896) 125 I can ride a rowdy colt.

1930 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs x. 247 Caverhill tried to get them into a paddock with a rowdy bull.

1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 5 July 1- c/1 Each of the last five ropers managed to conquer Mike Cervi's rowdy black calfs [sic].

2009 Wall St. Jrnl. 8 Sept. a6/3 Tempers flared this summer after the president of the block association shot..a rowdy dog.

2. Characteristic of a rowdy; (also) marked by disorder and noise.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > [adjective]

ruffian1553

ruffian-like1555

ruffianous1555

ruffianly1561

ruffianish1593

rowdy dowdy1816

rowdy1835

roughneck1906

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] > rough > specifically of person

roughc1415

rudec1450

rackle1570

rowdy1835

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [adjective] > rowdy noise > characterized by

rackety1787

rowdy dowdy1816

rowdy1835

1835 F. W. Thomas Clinton Bradshaw I. xiii. 200 You may cut up rowdy tricks in my house, and kill people for her, but you can't save her neck.

1852 C. A. Bristed Upper Ten Thousand 239 Low, shabby, dirty men…alike in their slang and rowdy aspect.

1863 E. Dicey Six Months in Federal States 251 A regular noisy, rowdy, glorious, Fourth of July.

1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. vi. 185 I think I should go to-night to the most rowdy theatre in London.

1933 ‘E. Cambridge’ Hostages to Fortune 87 On Saturdays the market place was rowdy with shrill voices and tackety boots.

1960 M. Spark Ballad of Peckham Rye iv. 76 Findlater's rooms were not given to rowdy rock.

2006 Metro 2 Oct. (London ed.) 9/2 Loud piped music..and rowdy wedding parties.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

† rowdyn.²

Forms: 1800s rowdie, 1800s rowdy.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare ruddy adj., frequently used to modify gold , and later also occasionally as noun in sense ‘type of gold coin, sovereign’ (1887; compare red n. 3), and compare also ruddock n. 2.

slang. Obsolete.

Money.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun]

mintOE

moneya1325

coin1393

ready money1429

plate?a1439

coinage1467

cunyec1480

cogc1555

table money1565

chinks1577

cash1596

speciesa1618

spetia1620

specie1671

coliander seed1699

coriander-seed1737

shiners1760

jinkc1775

decimal coinage1794

coriander1801

hard currency1816

rowdy1831

Oscar Asche1905

1831 Sporting Mag. May 95/1 A Match for 200 sovs.,..they putting down equal shares of the ‘Rowdy’.

1842 P. Egan in J. S. Farmer Musa Pedestris (1896) 137 I will not down you, if you will but disburse Your rowdy with me, yeoman.

1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxxvii. 364 But he has got the rowdy, which is the thing.

1856 Punch 23 Aug. 79 The Queen of Oude May spend her Rowd-y, careless and sans souci.

1865 Leaves from Diary Celebrated Burglar 158 The worst of it is I've got no ‘rowdie’ to ‘max’ her with.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

rowdyv.

Brit.

/ˈraʊdi/, U.S.

/ˈraʊdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rowdy n.¹

Etymology: < rowdy n.¹

1. intransitive. To behave like a rowdy (rowdy n.¹); to act in a noisy, disorderly manner.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > [verb (intransitive)]

rowdy1823

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > behave violently or use force [verb (intransitive)] > act roughly or boisterously

rounce?a1500

rantipole1650

rowdy1823

roughhouse1900

rowdy-dow1966

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [verb (intransitive)] > rowdy noise

rowdy1823

rowdy-dow1966

1823 J. D. Hunter Mem. Captivity xvi. 376 A number..were at the place drinking and playing cards. In the language of the country, they were ‘rowdying’, indulging low vices.

1859 J. Taylor 13 Nov. in Jrnl. Disc. (1860) 7 201/1 Do not let people laugh at you for getting drunk and rowdying in the streets of Zion.

1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago 282 You came in drunk, and rowdied about the church with your hat on.

1909 E. Barker Son of Mary Bethel i. xiv. 101 The constable..threatened to arrest them for rowdying around the cider-barrel.

1959 J. Kerouac Let. 10 Jan. in Sel. Lett. 1957–69 (1999) 177 It's disgusting how mad we were New Year's Eve..rowdying around town stealing bottles and books.

2008 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 22 Oct. 4 I heard this ruckus... I thought it was an animal stampede and probably more than 100 of them came rowdying up the street.

2. transitive. To treat (a person) in an aggressive or bullying manner. Also with out.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > [verb (transitive)] > treat

rowdy1825

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > treat violently [verb (transitive)] > treat violently or roughly

to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)OE

ransacka1400

attamec1430

ruffle1489

tug1493

to shear against the wool1546

rumble1570

finger1572

to pull about1679

misguggle1814

rowdy1825

to jerk around1833

scrag1835

rough1845

hooligan1898

roughhouse1898

savage1899

to rough up1915

to treat 'em rough1918

1825 J. K. Paulding John Bull in Amer. xii. 209 Being regulated and rowdied, and obliged to cut down trees as big round as a hogshead.

1891 Coming Day Oct. 155 The men with a sense of the fitness of things..would have felt uncomfortable; and, if the thing went on, would be rowdied out.

1920 E. Wildman Famous Leaders of Industry 184 By thrashing all the bad boys one after the other, as they rowdied or ‘got fresh’ with him, he very soon made himself respected.

1990 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 15 Nov. a16 The fighting had erupted after she exchanged words with a female student... ‘She rowdied her whole bunch.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹adj.1814

n.²1831

v.1823

单词	rowdy
释义	rowdyn.¹adj. Brit. /ˈraʊdi/, U.S. /ˈraʊdi/ Forms: 1800s rowdey, 1800s– rowdy, 1900s– roudy. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: rowdy-dow n. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps shortened < rowdy-dow n. Compare earlier row n.⁵ A. n.¹ 1. Originally and chiefly U.S. A backwoodsman of a rough and lawless type; (hence) a rough, disorderly person; one disposed to quarrelling, fighting, or disturbing the peace. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > [noun] > raising outcry barratorc1440 brawlc1440 outcrier1535 breacher1697 rowdy1814 roughiea1819 roughneck1834 rough1837 blood-tub1853 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > rough or boisterous > person barratorc1440 brawlc1440 outcrier1535 tear-rogue1685 breacher1697 rowdy1814 roughiea1819 roughneck1834 rough1837 soap-lock1840 roughhouser1901 gurrier1936 1814 W. Littell Festoons of Fancy 100 It seems to this court that the loss to him would be the same, as if he had lost it among those, whom his gentlemanship is pleased to call rowdies. 1819 W. Faux Jrnl. 16 Oct. in Memorable Days Amer. (1823) 179 No legal inquiry..ever takes place amongst the Rowdies, as the Back-woodsmen are called. 1824 ‘A. Singleton’ Lett. from South & West 93 The riotous roisters, or, as they are here [sc. in Kentucky] called, rowdies, will fight..from mere love of fighting. 1871 in M. Schele De Vere Americanisms (at cited word) Roughs and rowdies are multiplying fearfully in our borders. 1921 Med. Critic & Guide Oct. 371 I consider rowdies much worse criminals than thieves. 1957 W. L. Lucey Catholic Church in Maine iv. 131 These acts of violence could not be blamed entirely on rowdies. 1991 Economist 14 Sept. 56/1 Petty crime and attacks by young rowdies on foreigners allegedly pinching German jobs. 2003 High Country News 3 Mar. 10/2 Thirty of Baird's cattle have been killed by gun-toting rowdies and off-roaders. 2. In wider use: an unruly or noisy person, a troublemaker. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun] > persons full of strife > one who causes disturbance or trouble disturberc1290 troublera1382 distroublerc1440 disturblerc1440 shakebucklera1538 hellcat1603 trouble-feast1603 trouble-rest1605 trouble-house1608 trouble-cupa1610 trouble-state1609 seek-trouble1611 trouble-town1619 trouble-world1663 hellion1845 rowdy1859 bad actor1879 ratbag1890 disturbant1894 trouble-maker1923 performer1937 messer1942 shit-stirrer1961 1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 72/1 Rabbit, a rowdy. ‘Dead rabbit’, a very athletic rowdy fellow. 1865 Sat. Rev. 15 July 74/2 The organization of the rowdies was perfect, all Conservative rowdies being massed on one side of the hustings, and all Liberal rowdies on the other. 1887 Westm. Rev. June 280 When he assures us that these Belfast rowdies are the most intelligent of the Irish people, we take leave to exercise our own judgment a little. 1905 J. B. Firth Highways & Byways in Derbyshire 390 A horde of callous rowdies. 1966 H. Davies New London Spy (1967) 250 Rowdies or trouble-makers are barred immediately, even when their errors arise from misery..rather than drunken brawling. 1999 E. D. Goy & J. Levinger tr. M. Selimović Fortress xiii. 244 Around midnight some rowdies came in and threatened to spoil the party. B. adj. 1. †a. Belonging to the class of people known as ‘rowdies’. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > [adjective] ruffian1528 ruffianly1570 tory-rory1678 rowdy1819 tear-brass1880 1819 W. Faux Jrnl. 16 Oct. in Memorable Days Amer. (1823) 316 When the English first came to Evansville settlement, these Rowdey labourers had nearly scared them out. 1819 W. Faux Jrnl. 16 Oct. in Memorable Days Amer. (1823) 332 He could not find a man to serve the warrant,..and means to impanel a Rowdey jury, and try the matter before himself. b. Having the manners or behaviour of a rowdy; rough, disorderly. Also (without the suggestion of violence): noisy, boisterous, disruptive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] > rough > rough or boisterous robustious1548 boisterous1568 rory-tory1683 randy1723 rumgumptious1781 lungeous1787 rowdy dowdy1816 roaritorious1821 riproarious1830 rough and tumble1831 rowdy1832 rowdy-dow1832 tear-brass1880 knockabout1885 rory-cum-tory1893 roughhouse1896 1832 Amer. Monthly Rev. Sept. 244 That kind of sentimental slang, which the hazy heads and dyspeptic stomachs of rowdy poetasters have unhappily brought into vogue. 1844 Mrs. Houstoun Texas & Gulf of Mexico II. 106 The rowdy fellow (anglice scamp) is held in check by the consciousness, that should he offend,..tarring and feathering would be his portion. 1883 R. Gower My Reminisc. II. 53 A town of steep streets crowded with a rowdy mob. 1914 G. B. Shaw Misalliance 67 I spent sevenpence on dropping pennies into..peepshows of rowdy girls having a jolly time. 1934 M. T. King Mothercraft xi. 173 From the fifth to the seventh month baby is a rowdy person, revelling in making as much noise as he can. 1935 T. S. Eliot Murder in Cathedral ii. 78 So if we seemed a bit rowdy, you will understand why it was. 2004 K. Rugh What about Labrador Retrievers? ii. 26 Boisterous, rowdy children seem to intimidate some Labs. c. Originally Australian. In extended use. Of animals: refractory; likely to give trouble. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > restless or unruly mockisha1529 unruly1544 undemure?1548 skittish1600 lawless1854 uneasy1855 rowdy1872 1872 C. H. Eden My Wife & I in Queensland iii. 69 Branding or securing a troublesome or, colonially, a ‘rowdy’ bullock. 1895 A. B. Paterson Man from Snowy River (1896) 125 I can ride a rowdy colt. 1930 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs x. 247 Caverhill tried to get them into a paddock with a rowdy bull. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 5 July 1- c/1 Each of the last five ropers managed to conquer Mike Cervi's rowdy black calfs [sic]. 2009 Wall St. Jrnl. 8 Sept. a6/3 Tempers flared this summer after the president of the block association shot..a rowdy dog. 2. Characteristic of a rowdy; (also) marked by disorder and noise. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > [adjective] ruffian1553 ruffian-like1555 ruffianous1555 ruffianly1561 ruffianish1593 rowdy dowdy1816 rowdy1835 roughneck1906 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] > rough > specifically of person roughc1415 rudec1450 rackle1570 rowdy1835 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [adjective] > rowdy noise > characterized by rackety1787 rowdy dowdy1816 rowdy1835 1835 F. W. Thomas Clinton Bradshaw I. xiii. 200 You may cut up rowdy tricks in my house, and kill people for her, but you can't save her neck. 1852 C. A. Bristed Upper Ten Thousand 239 Low, shabby, dirty men…alike in their slang and rowdy aspect. 1863 E. Dicey Six Months in Federal States 251 A regular noisy, rowdy, glorious, Fourth of July. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. vi. 185 I think I should go to-night to the most rowdy theatre in London. 1933 ‘E. Cambridge’ Hostages to Fortune 87 On Saturdays the market place was rowdy with shrill voices and tackety boots. 1960 M. Spark Ballad of Peckham Rye iv. 76 Findlater's rooms were not given to rowdy rock. 2006 Metro 2 Oct. (London ed.) 9/2 Loud piped music..and rowdy wedding parties. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † rowdyn.² Forms: 1800s rowdie, 1800s rowdy. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare ruddy adj., frequently used to modify gold , and later also occasionally as noun in sense ‘type of gold coin, sovereign’ (1887; compare red n. 3), and compare also ruddock n. 2. slang. Obsolete. Money. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] mintOE moneya1325 coin1393 ready money1429 plate?a1439 coinage1467 cunyec1480 cogc1555 table money1565 chinks1577 cash1596 speciesa1618 spetia1620 specie1671 coliander seed1699 coriander-seed1737 shiners1760 jinkc1775 decimal coinage1794 coriander1801 hard currency1816 rowdy1831 Oscar Asche1905 1831 Sporting Mag. May 95/1 A Match for 200 sovs.,..they putting down equal shares of the ‘Rowdy’. 1842 P. Egan in J. S. Farmer Musa Pedestris (1896) 137 I will not down you, if you will but disburse Your rowdy with me, yeoman. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxxvii. 364 But he has got the rowdy, which is the thing. 1856 Punch 23 Aug. 79 The Queen of Oude May spend her Rowd-y, careless and sans souci. 1865 Leaves from Diary Celebrated Burglar 158 The worst of it is I've got no ‘rowdie’ to ‘max’ her with. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). rowdyv. Brit. /ˈraʊdi/, U.S. /ˈraʊdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rowdy n.¹ Etymology: < rowdy n.¹ 1. intransitive. To behave like a rowdy (rowdy n.¹); to act in a noisy, disorderly manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > [verb (intransitive)] rowdy1823 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > behave violently or use force [verb (intransitive)] > act roughly or boisterously rounce?a1500 rantipole1650 rowdy1823 roughhouse1900 rowdy-dow1966 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [verb (intransitive)] > rowdy noise rowdy1823 rowdy-dow1966 1823 J. D. Hunter Mem. Captivity xvi. 376 A number..were at the place drinking and playing cards. In the language of the country, they were ‘rowdying’, indulging low vices. 1859 J. Taylor 13 Nov. in Jrnl. Disc. (1860) 7 201/1 Do not let people laugh at you for getting drunk and rowdying in the streets of Zion. 1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago 282 You came in drunk, and rowdied about the church with your hat on. 1909 E. Barker Son of Mary Bethel i. xiv. 101 The constable..threatened to arrest them for rowdying around the cider-barrel. 1959 J. Kerouac Let. 10 Jan. in Sel. Lett. 1957–69 (1999) 177 It's disgusting how mad we were New Year's Eve..rowdying around town stealing bottles and books. 2008 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 22 Oct. 4 I heard this ruckus... I thought it was an animal stampede and probably more than 100 of them came rowdying up the street. 2. transitive. To treat (a person) in an aggressive or bullying manner. Also with out. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > [verb (transitive)] > treat rowdy1825 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > treat violently [verb (transitive)] > treat violently or roughly to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)OE ransacka1400 attamec1430 ruffle1489 tug1493 to shear against the wool1546 rumble1570 finger1572 to pull about1679 misguggle1814 rowdy1825 to jerk around1833 scrag1835 rough1845 hooligan1898 roughhouse1898 savage1899 to rough up1915 to treat 'em rough1918 1825 J. K. Paulding John Bull in Amer. xii. 209 Being regulated and rowdied, and obliged to cut down trees as big round as a hogshead. 1891 Coming Day Oct. 155 The men with a sense of the fitness of things..would have felt uncomfortable; and, if the thing went on, would be rowdied out. 1920 E. Wildman Famous Leaders of Industry 184 By thrashing all the bad boys one after the other, as they rowdied or ‘got fresh’ with him, he very soon made himself respected. 1990 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 15 Nov. a16 The fighting had erupted after she exchanged words with a female student... ‘She rowdied her whole bunch.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹adj.1814n.²1831v.1823
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rowdyn.1adj.

† rowdyn.2

rowdyv.

rowdyn.¹adj.

† rowdyn.²