First Known Use: 1764
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rumpus
noun rum·pus \ˈrəm-pəs\
: a noisy argument, fight, etc.
Full Definition of RUMPUS
: a usually noisy commotion
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Origin of RUMPUS
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- ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, corroboree [Australian], disturbance, do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry (or hurry-skurry), kerfuffle [chiefly British], moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, commotion, shindy, splore [Scottish], squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo
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rumpus
noun rum·pus \ˈrəm-pəs\
Definition of RUMPUS for Kids
: a noisy disturbance or quarrel
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