rumpus

  • 1Rumpus — may refer to:* Recreation room * Rumpus (band) * Rumpus Cat * Rumpus Magazine * Rumpus McFowl …

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  • 2rumpus — 1764, of unknown origin, possibly an alteration of robustious boisterous, noisy (1540s; see ROBUST (Cf. robust)). First record of rumpus room play room for children in a family home is from 1938 …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 3Rumpus — Rum pus, n. A disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4rumpus — index bluster (commotion), fray, furor, imbroglio, pandemonium, riot, turmoil Burton s Legal Thesaurus …

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  • 5rumpus — *brawl, broil, fracas, melee, row, scrap …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 6rumpus — [n] clamor brouhaha*, commotion, discord, disturbance, donnybrook, fracas, fuss, hassle, hubba hubba*, hubbub, hullabaloo*, noise, outcry, pandemonium, racket, rhubarb, ruckus, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uproar; concepts 386,595,674 …

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  • 7rumpus — ► NOUN (pl. rumpuses) ▪ a noisy disturbance. ORIGIN probably fanciful …

    English terms dictionary

  • 8rumpus — [rum′pəs] n. [< ?] Informal an uproar or commotion …

    English World dictionary

  • 9rumpus — /rum peuhs/, n., pl. rumpuses. 1. a noisy or violent disturbance; commotion; uproar: There was a terrible rumpus going on upstairs. 2. a heated controversy: a rumpus over the school bond issue. [1755 65; orig. uncert.] * * * …

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  • 10rumpus — n. (colloq.) to raise a rumpus * * * [ rʌmpəs] (colloq.) to raise a rumpus …

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