rumpus

rumpus
Synonyms and related words:
Bedlam let loose, ado, affray, agitation, barney, bedlam, blast, bluster, bobbery, bother, brawl, broil, brouhaha, cacophony, chaos, charivari, chirm, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, coil, commotion, confusion, contention, controversy, din, discord, dispute, disturbance, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, drunken brawl, dustup, ebullition, embroilment, fanaticism, ferment, flap, fomentation, foofaraw, fracas, free-for-all, frenzy, fume, furor, furore, fury, fuss, hassle, hell broke loose, helter-skelter, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, hurrah, jangle, knock-down-and-drag-out, loud noise, mayhem, melee, noise, noise and shouting, outcry, pandemonium, passion, pell-mell, pother, racket, rage, rampage, rattle, rhubarb, riot, roar, rough-and-tumble, roughhouse, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, run-in, scramble, scrap, scrimmage, set-to, shindig, shindy, shivaree, stir, storminess, tempestuousness, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, to-do, trouble, tumult, tumultuousness, turbulence, turmoil, uproar, upset, wildness, zeal, zealousness

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  • rumpus — 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

  • Rumpus — Rum pus, n. A disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

  • rumpus — *brawl, broil, fracas, melee, row, scrap …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • rumpus — [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 …   New thesaurus

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

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

  • rumpus — /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.] * * * …   Universalium

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

  • rumpus — [[t]rʌ̱mpəs[/t]] rumpuses N COUNT If someone or something causes a rumpus, they cause a lot of noise or argument. He had actually left the company a year before the rumpus started …   English dictionary

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