rambunctious

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
24
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/ɹæmˈbʌŋ(k)ʃəs/

Definition of rambunctious

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (US, informal)Boisterous, energetic, noisy, and difficult to control.
    “The kids are being especially rambunctious today.”
    “"Bad cess may attend you, where are you scampering to, you rambunctious"—but she could go no farther; the tears burst from her, and she gave way, without farther resistance, to an explosion of grief.”
    “"Not as you knows on, you rambunctious wool grower," said the indignant Yankee.”
    “There was close by me a window, and, noiselessly as possible, I slid back a small piece, thereby rousing the light-sleeping mistress of the canary, who sharply requested it be closed again; [...] the other lady smiled despairingly, and signed me to obey, which I reluctantly did by closing the glass; but the shutter proved rumbunctious, and for no effort of mine would again move out of his groove; [...]”
    “"I guess the governor'd be rambunxious, as usual, if I was to ask his permission," the dutiful son remarked; "but he's going away for a few days next week, and mother won't hinder me, I know."”

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Etymology

A variant of rumbustious (“boisterous and unruly”).

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