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rambunctious

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As an adjective, rambunctious means boisterous, energetic, noisy, and difficult to control.

Meanings of rambunctious

2 meanings

chiefly usinformalBoisterous, energetic, noisy, and difficult to control.
“The kids are being especially rambunctious today.”
Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
“a boisterous crowd”
“a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand”
“a robustious group of teenagers”
Similar: boisterous, robustious, rumbustious, unruly

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

adjective: noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

boisterousrobustiousrumbustiousunruly

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Scrabble & Words With Friends: valid word18 points before bonuses.12 letters.