rambunctious

rambunctious
adj
lively, troublesome, loud. A facetious invention elaborated from rumbustious. The term has been in use since the early 19th century and is probably Irish or American in origin, although the inven-tion of such jocularities (as in the 19th-century 'obstrepalous' and the recent 'spondicious') was paralleled in Britain.
► 'This is a lullaby my mother used to play when I'd get rambunctious. It always seemed to calm me down.' (Kindred, US film, 1987)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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  • rambunctious — [adj] loud, energetic boisterous, noisy, raucous, rough, rowdy, rude, termagant, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, unruly; concept 542 Ant. introverted, meek, quiet, shy …   New thesaurus

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  • rambunctious — ram|bunc|tious [ræmˈbʌŋkʃəs] adj AmE [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Probably from rumbustious rambunctious (18 21 centuries)] noisy, full of energy, and behaving in a way that cannot be controlled ▪ three rambunctious kids …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • rambunctious — [[t]ræmbʌ̱ŋkʃəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A rambunctious person is energetic in a cheerful, noisy way. [mainly AM] ...a very rambunctious and energetic class. Syn: boisterous (in BRIT, usually use rumbustious) …   English dictionary

  • rambunctious — adjective /ɹæmˈbʌŋkʃəs/ Energetic and difficult to control. The kids are being especially rambunctious today …   Wiktionary

  • rambunctious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. boisterous, pugnacious, quarrelsome. See irascibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. boisterous, noisy, obstreperous; see loud 2 , rude 2 , turbulent , unruly . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …   English dictionary for students

  • rambunctious — ram|bunc|tious [ ræm bʌŋkʃəs ] adjective AMERICAN a rambunctious person behaves in a noisy and lively way …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • rambunctious — adjective AmE humorous rumbustious: a weekend with three rambunctious kids rambunctiously adverb rambunctiousness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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