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rum·pus

[ruhm-puhs]
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; origin uncertain
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rumpus (ˈrʌmpəs)
 
n , pl -puses
a noisy, confused, or disruptive commotion
 
[C18: of unknown origin]

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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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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rumpus definition

[ˈrəmpəs]
  1. 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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