Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Boisterous and disorderly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
rambustious . - Violent but satisfactory; goluptious. Also
rambunkshus .
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- adjective Energetic, noisy, boisterous and difficult to control.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But some see a system of harried parents, school officials and general practitioners too ready to label rambunctious young males.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Carolyn Abraham 2010
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I'm speaking as a person who loved to call rambunctious children and ridiculous pets
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While descriptions like "rabble-rousing" and "rambunctious" - which suggest disorder and rebellion - are shunned by these two individuals, words like "fiery" and
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He is an enthusiast with a kind of rambunctious, goofy charm.
'Strong And Steady' 2008
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But if you're a worried mom and your kids are kind of rambunctious ...
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Toni Richardson, the former Connecticut commissioner for mental retardation, who worked at Southbury during the 1970s, recalls that in those days restraints were still used on children who were considered "rambunctious": the strips of cloth used to tie them to chairs or door handles were called "belly bands"; there was also something that "looked like a straitjacket, except that it was made of cotton."
Arthur Miller's Missing Act Andrews, Suzanna 2007
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Mr. Lowry was "rambunctious" and "always dirty and sweaty," more contrarian than troublemaker: When everyone was going on about Star Wars, he didn't join the herd.
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Mr. Lowry was "rambunctious" and "always dirty and sweaty," more contrarian than troublemaker: When everyone was going on about Star Wars, he didn't join the herd.
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If you start describing everything as "rambunctious" or "celestial", you end up with sentences like meals in expensive ethnic restaurants - all flavoursome sharing plates and no bloody chips.
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Described as 'rambunctious' by age five and leveled out at 'loquacious' by twenty-one.
Bruce Mau Design 2010
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