Acting like a roughneck (5)

I believe the answer is:

rowdy

(Other definitions for rowdy that I've seen before include "Loud and disorderly" , "Boisterous" , "Noisy and unruly" , "yob" , "Noisy and disorderly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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