Roister
ahd-5
intransitive verb.
To engage in boisterous merrymaking; revel noisily.
intransitive verb.
To behave in a blustering manner; swagger.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A rioter; a blusterer; a roisterer.
noun.
[⟨
roister
,
verb
] A drunken or riotous frolic; a spree.
To bluster; swagger; bully; be bold, noisy, vaunting, or turbulent.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
intransitive verb.
To bluster; to swagger; to bully; to be bold, noisy, vaunting, or turbulent.
noun.
See
roisterer
.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
To engage in
noisy
,
drunken
, or
riotous
behavior.
verb.
To
walk
with a
swaying
motion.
noun.
A
roisterer
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb.
engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
Word Usage
"I talked him out of it that time, and he got to workin 'on the Fish Patrol, runnin' down the very guys he used to roister around with."
Form
roisterer
roisterous
roisterously
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
jollify
make happy
make merry
make whoopie
racket
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
cloister
foister
oyster
royster
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
bluff
bluster
bluster
bluster and bluff
bounce
variant
roisterer
verb-form
roistered
roistering
roisters