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

• 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