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rambunctious

[ ram-buhngk-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous:

    a rambunctious child.

  2. turbulently active and noisy:

    a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand.



rambunctious

/ æˈʌŋʃə /

adjective

  1. informal.
    boisterous; unruly
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܲԳپdzܲԱ, noun
  • ˈܲԳپdzܲ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ·ܲԳtdzܲ· adverb
  • ·ܲԳtdzܲ·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rambunctious1

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rambunctious1

C19: probably from Icelandic ram- (intensifying prefix) + -bunctious , from bumptious
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It said the diversity of opinion within the board "is not unlike the politics of Israel itself, whose rambunctious democratic culture sees a fierce exchange of views about these excruciating life-and-death issues".

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You go there to yell and be rambunctious sometimes.”

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Relatives described Friedli as a devout Christian, an independent and rambunctious woman who worked in the medical field and later in child care.

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Yoon captures the comedy as a little girl focuses all of her attention on picking up pine cones while in the background chaos, her dad struggles to control a rambunctious, muddy dog.

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The audience at the Saturday matinee audience I attended was filled with young people who seemed delighted by the rambunctious high jinks.

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