rumpus

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a noisy quarrel or brawl.
2. (Australia, Canada, New-Zealand) A rumpus room.

Verb

To cause a noisy disturbance or commotion.

Sinonieme

uproar

commotion

din

tumult

hubbub

row

ruction

ruckus

noise

turmoil

stir

ballyhoo

hullabaloo

shindy

disturbance

fuss

furor

headache

hoo-ha

hue and cry

jangle

melee

outbreak

perturbation

pother

puzzle

racket

restlessness

riot

rowdiness

ruffle

scandal

scrimmage

scuffle

skirmish

to-do

trepidation

trouble

truncheon

turbulence

upheaval

welter

ado

hoo-hah

agitation

babel

blaring

bustle

clamour

clatter

Vertalings

alboroto

Krawall

bagarre

chahut

chiasso

Spektakel

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sommossa

grabuge

escândalo

xivarri

casse-tête

tumult

putiferio

scompiglio

tapage

Etimologie (Engels)

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.