Definitions for rambunctiousræmˈbʌŋk ʃəs
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ram•bunc•tiousræmˈbʌŋk ʃəs(adj.)
difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous.
turbulently active and noisy.
Origin of rambunctious:
1820–30, Amer.
ram•bunc′tious•ness(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly(adj)
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"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"; "an unruly class"
Wiktionary
rambunctious(Adjective)
Energetic, noisy, boisterous and difficult to control.
The kids are being especially rambunctious today.
Origin: Possibly alteration of rumbustious.
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