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Adjective
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Customers at Starbucks will be introduced to a new interface with a carnival-style wheel.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
30 Mar. 2023 -
Transform your salad spinner into a carnival-style spin art machine.—
Lauren Piro,
Good Housekeeping,
31 Oct. 2022
Adjective
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Three or four decades ago, the newspaperman was appealingly raffish—at once a bum who drank too much and a knight-errant who charged unafraid at social injustice, succored the weak, and crossed lances with the powerful and arrogant.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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A little lowly courier work, yes, but nothing more raffish than that.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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In the crowd at that rumbustious Democratic Convention in 1896 was a journeyman journalist, L. Frank Baum, who had a number of careers behind him by that time.—
David McWilliams,
Fortune,
16 Nov. 2025
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Around this time, the outfit’s quirky, lightly rumbustious songs began to resonate across British press and radio; accessible while containing a marked dose of strangeness, Fontaine’s songwriting – at once emotionally raw and witty – boasted a strong multi-generational appeal.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
8 May 2025
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In keeping with carnival’s bold, boisterous atmosphere, these public figures are frequently accompanied by World War II-era symbols.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
1 Apr. 2026
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The children are giggly and boisterous, their voices ricocheting off the walls around us.—
Anderson Tepper,
Literary Hub,
30 Mar. 2026
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Everything seems possible after a nervy 136-134 overtime victory over San Antonio at rowdy Ball Arena.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
5 Apr. 2026
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Someone had stashed a film camera in an apartment high above the plaza, capturing a scene of rowdy onlookers feasting on sausage sandwiches and uncorking bottles of wine as—after a series of delays—the blade dropped on Weidmann’s nape.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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His current work is less abrasive, more reggae-themed than riotous.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2026
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The hillside behind her was sprinkled with desert golds, but the display fell short of the riotous eruption of flowers posted on social media.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Participants take over city streets for a carnivalesque monthly ride, contesting cars’ dominance.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Mar. 2026
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But in its political culture the corruption was inescapable, and, like the city itself, carnivalesque.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Those self-aware lyrics are paired with breezy melody and a gently rollicking rhythm, making this feel like a freewheeling summertime favorite.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
24 Mar. 2026
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His lightning guitar work — alongside a mandolinist, fiddler, upright-bassist and banjo player who are not too shabby on their respective strings themselves — delivered a rollicking half-hour that gave the fans in the bleachers plenty to dance to.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Callithumpian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callithumpian. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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