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| 1. | a noisy commotion; fracas; rumpus: The losers are sure to raise a ruckus. |
| 2. | a heated controversy: Newspapers fostered the ruckus by printing the opponents' letters. |
| ruck·us (rŭk'əs) n. A disturbance; a commotion: "Little was heard by us in the upper regions of the considerable ruckus (and surely the heartbreak) being endured some floors below" (Brendan Gill). [Perhaps blend of ruction and rumpus.] |