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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
rum·pus       [ruhm-puhs] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -pus·es.
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.

[Origin: 1755–65; orig. uncert.]
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rum·pus       (rŭm'pəs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A noisy clamor.


[Origin unknown.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
rumpus 
1764, of unknown origin, possibly an alteration of robustious "boisterous, noisy" (1548; see robust). First record of rumpus room is from 1940.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
rumpus

noun
1. the act of making a noisy disturbance [syn: commotion

verb
1. cause a disturbance 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Rumpus

Rum"pus\, n. A disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel. [Colloq.]

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