Rumpus

Definition: Rumpus

Rumpus

Noun

1. The act of making a noisy disturbance.

Verb

1. Cause a disturbance.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "rumpus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references)

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Rumpus

Discord

Broil, brawl, row, racket, hubbub, rixation; embroilment, embranglement, imbroglio, fracas, breach of the peace, piece of work, scrimmage, rumpus; breeze, squall; riot, disturbance; (disorder); commotion; (agitation); bear garden, Donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair.

Disorder

Turmoil; ferment; (agitation); to-do, trouble, pudder, pother, row, rumble, disturbance, hubbub, convulsion, tumult, uproar, revolution, riot, rumpus, stour, scramble, brawl, fracas, rhubarb, fight, free-for-all, row, ruction, rumpus, embroilment, melee, spill and pelt, rough and tumble; whirlwind; bear garden, Babel, Saturnalia, donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair, confusion worse confounded, most admired disorder, concordia discors; Bedlam, all hell broke loose; bull in a china shop; all the fat in the fire, diable a' quatre, Devil to pay; pretty kettle of fish; pretty piece of work, pretty piece of business.

Violence

Noun: violence, inclemency, vehemence, might, impetuosity; boisterousness; Adjective: effervescence, ebullition; turbulence, bluster; uproar, callithump, riot, row, rumpus, le diable a quatre, devil to pay, all the fat in the fire.

Crosswords: Rumpus

Rumpus in the Harem (1956)

Johnny Olsen's Rumpus Room (1949)

Rumpus at Wu Tai Shan (1929)

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Books

• Bumpa Rumpus and the Rainy Day (reference)

• Hairy MacLary's Rumpus at the Vet (reference)

• No Thumpin', No Bumpin', No Rumpus Tonight! (reference)

• Rumpus of Rhymes: A Book of Noisy Poems (reference)

• The Reviews That Caused the Rumpus (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Let the Rumpus Begin (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Horace Flanigan, residence on Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase, New York. Rumpus dormitory. Credit: Library of Congress.

Lafayette College, Jessie Kirby Dormitory, Easton, Pennsylvania. Rumpus room. Credit: Library of Congress.

Potomac Electric Power Co. model home. Rumpus room in model home. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expression using "rumpus": rumpus room. Additional references.

Beginning with "rumpus": rumpus-room.

Albanian

sherr (blowup, hassle, kick up, miff, quarrel, scrap, wrangle), shamatë (bedlam, carrying-on, din, hubbub, hurly burly, racket, to-do), potere (ado, bedlam, carrying-on, clutter, din, fracas, fray, hoopla, hoot, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, hurly burly, jangle, noise, pandemonium, pother, racket, rowdyism, shindy, smash, uproar). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فوضى (anarchy, chaos, clatter, clutter, commotion, confusion, disarray, disorder, hugger mugger, jumble, lawlessness, litter, mess, misrule, mix up, muddle, muss, shambles, topsy turvy, turmoil, welter), ‏حجرة اللعب, ‏ضوضاء (brawl, clamor, clamour, clutter, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly burly, pandemonium, plonk, pother, racket, row, rowdiness, rowdyism, shouting, stink, tub-thumping, tumult), ‏ضجة (ado, botcher, bother, clutter, din, hullabaloo, hustle, noise, pother, racket, roar, row, rumor, rumour, sensation, shindy, sound, stir, storm, titbit, tumult), ‏أرض اللعب, ‏شجار (affray, altercation, bicker, brawl, breeze, broil, controversy, fight, fracas, melee, miff, muss, quarrel, row, rowdiness, ruck, ruction, rumble, scrap, scuffle, set to, shindy, slugfest, squabble, squall, tiff). (various references)

Bulgarian 

суматоха (bustle, commotion, flurry, helter-skelter, hurry, mix up, perturbation, pother, stirabout), кавга (altercation, broil, disagreement, doing, dustup, hassle, jangle, odds, quarrel, row, ruffle, run in, scrape, set to, shindig, shindy, strife, warm words, wrangle), врява (ado, clamor, clamour, din, discord, fracas, fuss, hubbub, hue, hurly burly, kick up, noise, noisiness, outcry, pandemonium, pother, racket, row, ruckus, shine, to-do, tumult, uproar). (various references)

Czech

povyk (ado, ballyhoo, clamor, clamour, din, fuss, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, rampage, riot, row, tussle, uproar), kravál (hullabaloo, racket, row, shindy), brajgl (din). (various references)

Farsi 

هنگامه (Scrimmage, Tumult, Uproar), غوغا (Affray, Clamor, Din, Fray, Hubbub, Jangle, Melee, Mob, Pandemonium, Peal, Rave, Riot, Scrimmage, Scuffle, Tumult, Turmoil, Uproar). (various references)

Finnish

kohu (hullabaloo, sensation). (various references)

French

tapage, prise de bec, potin, chambard (ruction), chahut, boucan, bagarre (ruction), émeute (ruction). (various references)

German

Krawall (agitation, brawl, din, racket, riot, rowdiness, ruction, tumult). (various references)

Greek 

σαματάσ (ballyhoo, hullabaloo, jangle, noise), ταραχή (agitation, apprehension, bustle, coil, commotion, consternation, disturbance, flurry, fluster, flutter, frenzy, fuss, outbreak, perturbation, pother, restlessness, riot, row, ruction, ruffle, scrimmage, stir, trepidation, trouble, turbulence, turmoil, uproar, welter), θόρυβοσ (ado, ballyhoo, clatter, din, fracas, hubbub, noise, racket, ruckus, shindy, tumult, uproar), θορυβώδησ φιλονικία. (various references)

Hungarian

zrí (hoo-ha, hoopla, ruckus), zenebona (Dutch concert, hurly-burly, racket, riot, row, ruckus), zûr, zűr (criss-cross, mess-up, pucker, ruckus, ruction), lármás hűhó, kavarodás (hassle, hurly-burly, mix-up, ruckus, ruction, scrimmage, scrum, stir, tangled skein, turmoil), hûhó (ado, ballyhoo), csetepaté (affray, brush, encounter, knockabout, medley, melee, scrimmage, scrum, skirmish), összeszólalkozás (flare-up). (various references)

Italian

sommossa (insurrection, outbreak, riot, rising, rout, ruction, upheaval), pandemonio (bedlam, pandemonium), chiasso (blatancy, clamor, clamour, noise, splatterdash, uproar), cagnara. (various references)

Manx

musthaa (bustle, carry on, display, excitement, flap, fluster, fuss, hullabaloo, muster, pomposity, pompousness, row, shindy, stir, strife, tumult). (various references)

Pig Latin

umpusray.(various references)

Portuguese

rixa (affray, brawl, bully, riot, scrimmage, tussle), zaragata (bobbery, mix-up, shindy), tumulto (affray, agitation, bluster, broil, bruit, clamor, clamour, clutter, colorwash, colourwash, combustion, commotion, confusion, disorder, distemper, donnybrook, faction, gale, hubbub, outcry, pandemonium, rampage, riot, rout, ruction, scuffle, shindy, stir, tempest, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar), motim (affray, riot, row), desordem (affray, clutter, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, discomposure, disorder, donnybrook, fray, huddle, hugger-mugger, hurry-scurry, jumble, litter, mess, misrule, muddle, mush, muss, pandemonium, pell-mell, perturbation, riot, rough-and-tumble, rout, ruction, ruffle, scuffle, stir, topsy-turvy, tumble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, untidiness, uproar, upset), barulho (ado, blatancy, bluster, bobbery, chirm, chirp chirrup, clap, clatter, clutter, cracking, din, donnybrook, fracas, fuss, gale, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, jazz, knockabout, noise, pother, racket, rattle, roistering, rout, row, rowdyism, ruction, shindy, smash, sound, splurge, to-do, tumult, uproar), balbúrdia (agitation, bedlam, confusion, foul-up, fracas, mess, muddle, racket, riot, stirabout, tumult, uproar). (various references)

Romanian

zgomot (ado, bruit, bustle, clamor, clamour, dash, din, fuss, hubbub, murmur, noise, peal, racket, rattling, roll, row, shindy, shine, shouting, slam, sound, splutter, to-do, tumult, uproar), zarvã (ado, affray, altercation, bobbery, brawling, bustle, clutter, din, dispute, dust, fuss, hubbub, kerfuffle, noise, pother, racket, riot, row, scandal, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar), tãrãboi (affray, brawl, broil, fuss, halloo, hullabaloo, hurly burly, kerfuffle, racket, rattle, riot, row, shindy, shine, splatter-dash, the devil among the tailors, to-do, uproar), scandal (affray, breach, breeze, flare up, fray, fuss, hubbub, noise, row, scandal, scene, shame, shindy). (various references)

Russian 

суматоха (bustle, clutter, fuss, helter-skelter, hurry-scurry, jumble, kerfuffle, muss, razzle, razzle-dazzle, ruffle, splutter, to-do, tumult, tumults, turmoil), ссора (affray, altercation, bad blood, difference, disagreement, falling-out, fracas, hassle, jar, muss, quarrel, ruction, run-in, upset), шум (bluster, bobbery, bruit, charivari, chirm, clamor, clamour, clash, clutter, din, dust-up, friction, hubbub, hue, hue and cry, hullabaloo, kick up, kick-up, murmur, noise, noisiness, pother, racket, racquet, rough house, row, ruckus, shindy, sound, turmoil, turnup, uproar, whir, whirr). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

urnebes (commotion, hoopla, hurly burly, pandemonium), lom (breakage, breaking, rubble, ruckus, trash). (various references)

Spanish

lío (bundle, caper, clutter, do, fuss, game, hash, hassle, imbroglio, intrigue, liaison, mess, mix up, muddle, package, palaver, pell mell, pellmell, ruckus, ruction, scrape, snarl up, stink, tangle, truss, wad), batahola (din, fracas). (various references)

Swedish

bråk (ado, bother, brawl, din, disturbance, dust-up, flare up, fracas, fraction, fray, fuss, hubbub, hullaballoo, hullabaloo, incident, kick up, miff, noise, rag, row, ruction, trouble, tumult, unpleasantness, uproar, upset). (various references)

Thai

เสียงเอะอะอึกทึก, การเอะอะโวยวาย (rowdiness, ruckus). (various references)

Turkish

patırtı (ado, bang, Charivari, clamor, clamour, clatter, coil, disorder, dustup, fracas, noise, plump, riot, roughhouse, row, sound and fury, stir, to-do, tumult, welter), kavga (affray, brawl, brawling, broil, bust up, conflict, contention, dispute, feud, fight, fighting, fray, jangle, jar, kick up, miff, odds, punch-up, quarrel, row, scrap, scuffle, set to, shooting match, strife, tilt, unpleasantness, wrangle), kargaşa (anarchism, anarchy, Babel, broil, chaos, coil, commotion, confusion, disarray, disorder, disturbance, earthquake, grab bag, hurly burly, moil, muss, pell mell, pellmell, rag bag, riot, rough and tumble, roughhouse, ruckus, ruction, shemozzle, snarl, sound and fury, squall, storm, tailspin, tempest, tumult, turbulence, uproar, welter), gürültülü tartışma, gürültü (ado, bang, Charivari, clamor, clamour, clatter, coil, crash, din, discord, dustup, fracas, hoi polloi, hubble bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, kick up, loudness, noise, noisiness, pandemonium, peal, pong, pother, racket, rag, razzle-dazzle, roar, roaring, roughhouse, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, shindy, sound, to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar, welter). (various references)

Ukrainian

гамір (ballyhoo, clutter, noise, oration, rout). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự huyên náo cuộc cãi lộn. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "rumpus": rumpuses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Rumpus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: grumpus, lumpus, pumpus, Rampus, Rommus, rompish, Rompun, rompus, Rompuy, Roummou, rumbus, Rumjums, rumous, Rumpoe, rum'un, rupas, rupus. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: rumps, usurp.

-2 letters: purs, rump, rums, spur, sump, umps, urus.

-3 letters: mus, pur, pus, rum, sum, sup, ump, ups.

-4 letters: mu, um, up, us.

+1 letter: cuprums.

+2 letters: rumpuses.

+3 letters: europiums, marsupium, outtrumps, sugarplum, sumptuary.

+4 letters: operculums, sugarplums, superhuman, superjumbo, uncrumples, uropygiums.

+5 letters: epineuriums, multiparous, promiscuous, scrumptious.