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–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)
n. A noisy clamor.
[
Origin unknown
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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rumpus
[ˈrəmpəs]
n.
a commotion. :
Please don't make such a rumpus.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History
rumpus
1764, of unknown origin, possibly an alteration of
robustious
"boisterous, noisy" (1548; see
robust
). First record of
rumpus room
is from 1940.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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