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noun
A noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a noisy quarrel or brawl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: ruckus, turmoil
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A rumpus room.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
To cause a noisy disturbance or commotion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive
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noun
the act of making a noisy disturbance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, tumult
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disturbance
Narrower terms: bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir
verb
cause a disturbance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: agitate, foment, stir up
History
Unknown. First use appears c. 1745. The OED indicates: "perhaps an arbitrary formation". Possibly an alteration of rumbustical or rumbustious (“boisterous, noisy”) + Latin -us (“nominative suffix”). The use of the verbal form first appears c. 1839.
Across languages
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
