rumpus

UK: /ˈrʌmpəs/ US: /ˈrʌmpəs/ ,(rum′pəs)

Inflections of 'rumpus' (n): npl: rumpuses

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

rum•pus /ˈrʌmpəs/   n. [countable]

1. a noisy or violent uproar.
2. a noisy or loud argument.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

rum•pus  (rum′pəs), n., pl. -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, originally uncertain 1755–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

rumpus / ˈrʌmpəs/ noun ( -puses)

1. a noisy, confused, or disruptive commotion

Etymology: 18th Century: of unknown origin