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# boisterous

adjective (boisterous)

«boisterous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Noisy, lively and full of energy, often a bit rough: boisterous children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boisterous/#m1)
2. (of weather or the sea) Rough and stormy: a boisterous wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boisterous/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boisterous/#x1)
- The children were boisterous after the rainy lunchtime indoors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boisterous/#x2)
- Boisterous games are for the field, not the corridor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boisterous/#x3)
- A boisterous crowd cheered the team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boisterous/#x4)
- The boisterous wind blew our tent over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boisterous/#x5)
- His laugh was loud and boisterous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boisterous/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «boisterous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boisterous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«boisterous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/boisterous.html) on Mova free.