raucousrau‧cous /ˈrɔːkəs $ ˈrɒː-/ adjective 
He burst into raucous laughter. raucous cheers► see thesaurus at loud2impolite, noisy, and violent: A group of raucous students spilled out of the bar. The atmosphere became increasingly raucous.—raucously adverb
WORD ORIGINraucous
Origin:
1700-1800 Latin raucusEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Raucous crowds yelled and cheered.
- raucous laughter
- A howl of raucous laughter came from the kitchen.
- He sat and finished his drink, ignoring the raucous voices from the other end of the bar.
- Although Great Groups experience their moments of near despair, they are more often raucous with laughter.
- But penning in this raucous melee are buildings that seem all shutters and grids.
- No one turned a hair at your raucous laughter.
- One wonders, indeed, if the raucous atmosphere of other grounds would not be a relief to Thomond Park kickers.
- Some raucous laughter followed the ribald remark.
- Then came one of the most raucous exchanges of the convention.
THESAURUS
making a lot of noise – used about sounds, voices, or music: · a loud explosion· He was talking in a very loud voice.· The music was too loud.
making a lot of noise – used about people, machines, and places that are too loud: · The traffic was so noisy.· noisy neighbours· a noisy bar
rowdy people behave in a noisy and uncontrolled way. A rowdy place such as a bar is full of noisy people, often behaving badly: · rowdy football fans· a rowdy bar
especially written unpleasantly loud – used about the excited sound of groups of people: · raucous laughter· raucous crowds
[only before noun] used to describe a loud noise when something hits another thing, that seems to continue for a few seconds. Also used about people cheering or shouting loudly: · The door hit the wall with a resounding crash.· a resounding cheer
Longman Language Activatorloud something that is loud makes a lot of noise: · The music's too loud. Can you turn it down?· Three seconds later there was a loud bang and the hall was filled with smoke.· The boy gave a loud cry of pain.
use this about places where there is a lot of noise, or about people and machines that make a lot of noise, especially when this annoys you: · The nightclub was crowded and noisy.· Their lives are being ruined by noisy neighbours.· People started to complain about his noisy motorbike.
a crowd that is rowdy makes too much noise and behaves badly: · They were thrown out of the bar for rowdy behaviour.· People living near the football stadium complain about litter and rowdy fans.· The meeting was a somewhat rowdy affair.
: raucous voice/laugh etc a voice, laugh etc that is loud, rough and uncontrolled: · A howl of raucous laughter came from the kitchen.· He sat and finished his drink, ignoring the raucous voices from the other end of the bar.
: booming voice/laugh etc a voice, laugh etc that is very loud and deep: · The speaker's booming voice easily reached the back of the theatre.· His booming laugh echoed around the room.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He burst into raucous laughter.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1sounding unpleasantly loud: He burst into raucous laughter. (=loud and rough-sounding)· His attempt to explain was greeted with raucous laughter.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Some raucous laughter followed the ribald remark.· During the movie, though, my audience participation mostly took the form of loud, raucous laughter.· Half way through, Rainbow is ejected from the cinema, after complaints about too much raucous laughter.· No one turned a hair at your raucous laughter.· He seemed to find the remark hilarious, because he broke into raucous laughter.
He burst into raucous laughter. raucous cheers► see thesaurus at loud2impolite, noisy, and violent: A group of raucous students spilled out of the bar. The atmosphere became increasingly raucous.—raucously adverb