2
: boisterously disorderly
a … raucous frontier town—
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raucously
adverb
raucousness
noun
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Examples of raucous in a Sentence
He stepped over one man, avoided a raucous group of inebriated merchant seamen staggering for their boats, ran up his steps into the large foyer …
—James Clavell, Gai-Jin, 1994
The scene was reminiscent of a college fraternity reunion, with plenty of backslapping, joking, hugging and raucous laughter.
—Lewis Beale, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 1987
On the ledge of rock above this strange couple there stood three solemn buzzards, who, at the sight of the new comers uttered raucous screams of disappointment and flapped sullenly away.
—Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, 1887
the partying neighbors kept up their raucous laughter half the night
James Clavell, Gai-Jin, 1994
The scene was reminiscent of a college fraternity reunion, with plenty of backslapping, joking, hugging and raucous laughter.
—Lewis Beale, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 1987
On the ledge of rock above this strange couple there stood three solemn buzzards, who, at the sight of the new comers uttered raucous screams of disappointment and flapped sullenly away.
—Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, 1887
the partying neighbors kept up their raucous laughter half the night
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Hurling Insults: In an after-hours session of the House Oversight Committee, insults by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a right-wing Republican, led to a raucous exchange with Democrats.
—Annie Karni, New York Times, 22 May 2024
Hill, accompanied by her children, stood up to raucous applause.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 22 May 2024
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Annie Karni, New York Times, 22 May 2024
Hill, accompanied by her children, stood up to raucous applause.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 22 May 2024
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“Raucous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raucous. Accessed 3 Jun. 2024.
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raucous
adjective
rau·cous
ˈrȯ-kəs 
1
: being harsh and unpleasant
a raucous voice
2
: behaving in a rough and noisy way
a raucous crowd
raucously
adverb
raucousness
noun
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