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Rumpus

noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a noisy quarrel or brawl.

    ""I'd like to know how on earth we are going to finish the case with all this umptydoodle rumpus going on.""

  2. 2
    the act of making a noisy disturbance wordnet
  3. 3
    A rumpus room. Australia, Canada, New-Zealand
Verb
  1. 1
    To cause a noisy disturbance or commotion. informal, intransitive

    "All night, as wide awake as gnats, The terriers rumpused after rats, Or, just for practice, taught their brats, To worry cast-off shoes and hats."

  2. 2
    cause a disturbance wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unknown. First use appears c. 1745. The OED indicates: "perhaps an arbitrary formation". Possibly an alteration of rumbustical or rumbustious (“boisterous, noisy”) + Latin -us (“nominative suffix”). The use of the verbal form first appears c. 1839.

Etymology 2

Unknown. First use appears c. 1745. The OED indicates: "perhaps an arbitrary formation". Possibly an alteration of rumbustical or rumbustious (“boisterous, noisy”) + Latin -us (“nominative suffix”). The use of the verbal form first appears c. 1839.

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