UPROARIOUS, UPROARIOUSLY
ADJECTIVES
► BOFFO funny, uproarious, slapstickish → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► FAST AND FURIOUS eager, uproarious, noisy → 1790
► RIPTORIOUS uproarious, refractory → 1866 Eng. dial.
► ROISTERING boisterous, uproarious → L16
► ROISTEROUS boisterous, uproarious → L16
► RORITORIOUS noisy, boisterous, uproarious → 1821
► RUMBUSTICAL fond of rough play; careless of the comfort of others; boisterous, unruly, uproarious, noisy, obstreperous; rude, overbearing, violent → 1795 Eng. dial. & colloq.
► RUMBUSTIOUS careless of the comfort of others; noisy, boisterous, turbulent, unruly, rough, uproarious → 1778 colloq.
► TEAR-DOWN characterized by or exhibiting boisterously, lively, or uproarious behaviour; unrestrained, intemperate → 1827 US colloq.
► TORY-RORY boisterous, uproarious, roaring, roistering, swaggering, wild → 1678 obs.
► YAMP noisy, uproarious, talkative → 1889 Sc.
ADVERBS
► FAST AND FURIOUS rapidly, uproariously, noisily → 1790
► TORY-RORY in a noisy or uproarious manner; boisterously → 1665 obs.
NOUNS
► BIG OLD TIME an uproarious time; a spree → M19 US sl.
► HIGH OLD TIME a very enjoyable time; an uproarious time; a spree → 1858 sl.
► HIGH TIME an uproarious time; a spree → M19 US sl.
► TEAR-DOWN a boisterous, lively, or uproarious event or gathering, a spree, a revel; a rampage → 1831 US colloq.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BLAZE-WIG ► BLEEZE-WIG a jocular term for an uproarious old man → 1891 Eng. dial.
VERBS
► RAISE THE PLACE to make an uproar or disturbance → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ROIST to roister; enjoy oneself noisily or boisterously; to behave uproariously; to revel → M16 obs.
► TORY-RORY to behave uproariously → 1685 obs.