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Dictionary Results For "ruckus" [?]/[OPML]
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English

Etymology

Probably a blend (1890) of ruction 'disturbance' and rumpus 'disturbance, fracas' (itself of unknown origin)

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. A noisy disturbance or commotion.
  2. A row, fight.


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ta:ruckus vi:ruckus zh:ruckus

WordNet ruckus
n : the act of making a noisy disturbance [syn: commotion, din,
ruction, rumpus, tumult]
Moby Dictionary
Bedlam let loose
, ado , agitation , altercation , barney , bedlam ,
bickering
, blast , bluster , bobbery , bother , brawl , broil , brouhaha ,
cacophony
, chaos , charivari , chirm , clamor , clangor , clap , clatter ,
coil
, commotion , controversy , din , discord , dispute , disturbance ,
donnybrook
, donnybrook fair , drunken brawl , dustup , ebullition ,
embroilment
, falling-out , 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 , jangle , knock-down-and-drag-out ,
loud noise
, melee , noise , noise and shouting , outcry , pandemonium ,
passion
, pell-mell , pother , racket , rage , rampage , rattle , rhubarb ,
riot
, roar , rough-and-tumble , roughhouse , row , ruction , rumble ,
rumpus
, run-in , scramble , scrap , scrimmage , set-to , shindig ,
shindy
, shivaree , squabble , stir , storminess , tempestuousness ,
thunder
, thunderclap , tintamarre , to-do , trouble , tumult ,
tumultuousness
, turbulence , turmoil , uproar , upset , wildness ,
wrangle
, zeal , zealousness


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