roister
Syllables: roist·er/ˈɹɔɪstə/US/ˈɹɔɪstɚ/
roister verb: to engage in noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour.
Verb
roister (third-person singular simple present roisters, present participle roistering, simple past and past participle roistered)
- To engage in noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour.
- Then Elzevir cried out angrily, 'Silence. Are you mad, or has the liquor mastered you? Are you Revenue-men that you dare shout and roister? or contrabandiers with the lugger in the offing, and your life in your hand. You make noise enough to wake folk in Moonfleet from their beds.'[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC
- He loved Rick and gave the best years of his life, now to roistering with him, now to hanging on to his coat-tails.1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy
- To walk with a swaying motion.
- Synonyms:
- swagger
Noun
roister (plural roisters)
- A roisterer.
- He now suspected that the grave roysters of the mountain had put a trick on him, and having dosed him with liquor, had robbed him of his gun.1819 June 23, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Rip Van Winkle”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number I, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page...
- The youth who had joined the roisters, was apparently about eighteen[…]1839, The New Monthly Magazine, page 411
- A session of noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour.
- The servants went out on the roister after getting paid.
roister meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
roister in Tamil
- கொந்தளிப்பு
roister in Urdu
- roister
- ادھم چوکڑی مچانا udham caukṛi macānā
roister in Malayalam
- celebrate, enjoy oneself, revel
- ശബ്ദകോലാഹലത്തോടെ ആഘോഷിക്കുക, തിമർക്കുക, തിമിർക്കുക, ആർത്തുതകർക്കുക, തിമിർത്തുല്ലസിക്കുക, കൂത്താടുക
Synonyms of roister
Forms of roister
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | roisters |
| present participle | roistering |
| past participle | roistered |
| past | roistered |
| alternative form | royster |
| Noun | |
| plural | roisters |
Origin of roister
From Old French rustre, from Latin rusticus. Doublet of rustic.
Words formed from roister
Words that rhyme with roister
Questions about roister
- What does roister mean?
- Roister means to engage in noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour.
- What is roister in Tamil?
- Roister in Tamil is கொந்தளிப்பு. See Roister meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is roister?
- Roister can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce roister?
- Roister is pronounced /ˈɹɔɪstə/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of roister?
- The past tense of roister is roistered.
Words near roister in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: roister (page history and authors); roister (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ادھم چوکڑی مچانا (Urdu) (page history and authors); roister (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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