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raucous (adjective), more raucous, most raucous
1. Pertaining to someone or something that is unpleasantly loud, boisterous and disorderly: Tom's neighbors were having a raucous party even at two in the morning.
2. Characterized by loud noises, shouting, and ribald laughter, which are rude and vulgar: There were raucous crowds after the champion football game.
3. Etymology: from Latin raucus, "harsh-sounding."
Relating to a harsh and rough sound.
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