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English
Etymology Recorded since 1890; probably a blend of ruction ( “ disturbance ” ) + rumpus ( “ disturbance, fracas ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun ruckus (plural ruckuses
A noisy disturbance and/or commotion .
A row , fight .
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations a noisy disturbance and/or commotion
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: commoció f aldarull (ca) m
Chinese: 騷動 / 骚动 (zh) ( sāodòng ) , 骚动 (zh) ( sāodòng )
Dutch: oproer (nl) , commotie (nl) , lawaai (nl) , ophef (nl)
Faroese: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kohu (fi) , meteli (fi) , metakka (fi)
French: chahut (fr) m
Galician: please add this translation if you can
German: Tumult (de) m Spektakel (de) n Tohuwabohu (de) m Theater (de) n Affentheater (de) n Wirrwarr (de) m Zirkus (de) m
Greek: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: lárma (hu) , zűrzavar (hu) , ricsaj (hu) , zenebona (hu) ,felfordulás (hu) , kavarodás (hu) , összevisszaság (hu) , hűhó (hu) , kalamajka (hu) , zavargás (hu) , ramazúri (hu) , rumli (hu) , zrí (hu)
Maori: tutūnga o te puehu
Plautdietsch: please add this translation if you can
Polish: zamieszanie (pl) n
Portuguese: alvoroço (pt) m tumulto (pt) m
Russian: суматоха (ru) f ( sumatoxa ) , шум (ru) m ( šum ) , гам (ru) m ( gam ) , волнения (ru) n pl ( volnenija ) , кипеш (ru) m ( kipeš ) ( slang )
Spanish: bullicio (es) m alboroto (es) m gresca f tremolina (es) f batahola (es) f jaleo (es) m follón (es) m
Welsh: helynt f ffrwgwd m stŵr m
a row, fight
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese: 爭吵 / 争吵 (zh) ( zhēngchǎo ) , 爭執 / 争执 (zh) ( zhēngzhí )
Dutch: oproer (nl) n opstoot (nl) m rel (nl) (letje)
Faroese: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: tappelu (fi) , käsirysy (fi)
French: grabuge (fr) m commotion (fr) f
Galician: please add this translation if you can
German: Krawall (de) m
Greek: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: veszekedés (hu) , vita (hu) , perpatvar (hu) , csihi-puhi (hu) , haddelhadd (hu)
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
Plautdietsch: please add this translation if you can
Russian: потасовка (ru) f ( potasovka ) , скандал (ru) m ( skandal ) , разборка (ru) f ( razborka ) ( slang )
Slovene: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: trifulca (es) f pelotera (es) f gresca f
Swedish: kalabalik (sv) c
Welsh: ffrae f cerydd m
See also
References Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary , Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967Douglas Harper (2001–2024 ) “ruckus ”, in Online Etymology Dictionary