Rumpus

Synonyms for "rumpus" (140 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Noun(2 words)

ado affray agitation argument barney bedlambedlam let looseblast bluster bobbery bother brawl broil brouhaha cacophony chaos charivari chirm clamor clangor

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clap clash clatter coil commotion confusion

Strong matches (42)

contention controversy din discord disorder dispute disturbance donnybrookdonnybrook fairdrunken brawldustup ebullition embroilment fanaticism ferment flap fomentation foofaraw fracas fray

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free-for-allfrenzy fume furor furore fury fuss hasslehell broke loosehelter skelterhelter-skelter howl hubbubhue and cryhullabaloo hurrah jangle

Noun(5 words)

create a scenedin disturbance frolic fuss

Related words (70)

knock-down-and-drag-outloud noisemaffick mayhem melee noisenoise and shoutingoutcry pandemonium passionpell mellpell-mell pother quarrel racket rageraise hellrampage rattle rhubarb

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riot roarrough-and-tumbleroughhouse row ruckus ruction rumblerun inrun-in scramble scrap scrimmageset toset-to shindig shindy shivaree stir storm storminess tempestuousness thunder thunderclap tintamarreto doto-do trouble tumult tumultuousness turbulence turmoil uproar upsetwhoop it upwildness zeal zealousness

Noun(12 words)

noise play playroomraise a ruckusrec roomrecreation roomrollick ruckus ructionstir up troubletumult uproar

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5 relation types

More general

7 entries

agitate boisterousness disturb disturbance foment spacestir up

More specific

8 entries

childish prankgame roommake a sceneoutcryplayful disturbanceplayroomraise a ruckusriot

Collocations

12 entries

campus rumpuscause a rumpusmake a rumpusmake a scenemedia rumpusnoisy rumpuspublic rumpusraise a ruckusraise a rumpusrumpus culturerumpus roomstart a rumpus

Inflections

3 entries

rumpused rumpuses rumpusing

Derivations

1 entries

rumpus-like

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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What is all this rumpus about?

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

Source: wiktionary

But as his rumpus with Mr. Christie entered its second and third rounds, Mr. Rubio appeared to abandon that game plan.

Source: wiktionary

I get up, I get down, and I'm jumping around / And the rumpus and ruckus are comfortable now / Been a hell of a ride, but I'm thinking it's time to grow / Bang! Bang! Bang!

Source: wiktionary

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