rumpus
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rum·pus
(rŭm′pəs)n.
A noisy clamor.
[Origin unknown.]
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rumpus
(ˈrʌmpəs)n, pl -puses
a noisy, confused, or disruptive commotion
[C18: of unknown origin]
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rum•pus
(ˈrʌm pəs)n.
1. a noisy or violent disturbance; commotion.
2. a heated controversy.
[1755–65; orig. uncertain]
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Rumpus
a riot; uproar; disturbance.Example: rumpus of shapes—Dylan Thomas.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() disturbance - the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion |
Verb | 1. | rumpus - cause a disturbance |
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rumpus
noun commotion, row, noise, confusion, fuss, disturbance, disruption, furore, uproar, tumult, brouhaha, shindig (informal), hue and cry, kerfuffle (informal), shindy (informal) He had left before the rumpus started.
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rumpus
noun1. Sounds or a sound, especially when loud, confused, or disagreeable:
2. Offensively loud and insistent utterances, especially of disapproval:
Idiom: hue and cry.
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Translations
ضَجَّه، ضَجيج
kravál
spektakel
skarkali
skandalas
jezgakņada
rumpus
[ˈrʌmpəs]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
rumpus
[ˈrʌmpəs] nCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
rumpus
n (inf: = noise) → Spektakel nt (inf), → Krach m; (= quarrel) → Krach m (inf); to make a rumpus (= make noise) → einen Spektakel or Heidenlärm machen (inf); (= complain) → Krach schlagen (inf); to kick up a rumpus → Krach schlagen (over wegen); to have a rumpus with somebody → sich mit jdm in die Haare geraten
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
rumpus
(ˈrampəs) noun a noisy disturbance; an uproar.
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