boisterous

«boisterous» in Mova's school dictionary: Noisy, lively and full of energy, often a bit rough:… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (boisterous)

meaning for a pupil

1) Noisy, lively and full of energy, often a bit rough: boisterous children. tree →

2) (of weather or the sea) Rough and stormy: a boisterous wind. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school reports and stories it describes children or puppies who are loud and wild in play; teachers may ask them to calm down. In safety, boisterous play near roads, pools or stairs can lead to accidents. Phrases: boisterous play, boisterous crowd, boisterous puppy.

examples

• The boisterous puppy jumped up at everyone. tree →
• The children were boisterous after the rainy lunchtime indoors. tree →
• Boisterous games are for the field, not the corridor. tree →
• A boisterous crowd cheered the team. tree →
• The boisterous wind blew our tent over. tree →
• His laugh was loud and boisterous. tree →

note

Spelling: boist-er-ous (with an "oi"). It is not always bad, but it suggests too much noise or roughness. Similar: rowdy, rough; opposite: calm, quiet.

In the corpora

• "Boisterous" means rough and noisy.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «boisterous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.