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rumpuses

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rum⋅pus

  [ruhm-puhs]
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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.
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