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单词 rumpuses
释义

rumpus

noun

rum·​pus ˈrəm-pəs How to pronounce rumpus (audio)
: a usually noisy commotion

Synonyms

  • ado
  • alarums and excursions
  • ballyhoo
  • blather
  • bluster
  • bobbery
  • bother
  • bustle
  • clatter
  • clutter [chiefly dialect]
  • coil
  • commotion
  • corroboree [Australian]
  • disturbance
  • do [chiefly dialect]
  • foofaraw
  • fun
  • furor
  • furore
  • fuss
  • helter-skelter
  • hoo-ha
  • hoo-hah
  • hoopla
  • hubble-bubble
  • hubbub
  • hullabaloo
  • hurly
  • hurly-burly
  • hurricane
  • hurry
  • hurry-scurry
  • hurry-skurry
  • kerfuffle [chiefly British]
  • moil
  • pandemonium
  • pother
  • row
  • ruckus
  • ruction
  • shindy
  • splore [Scottish]
  • squall
  • stew
  • stir
  • storm
  • to-do
  • tumult
  • turmoil
  • uproar
  • welter
  • whirl
  • williwaw
  • zoo
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Example Sentences

the kids made such a rumpus that they woke up everyone else in the house
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Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1745, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

rumpus

noun

rum·​pus ˈrəm-pəs How to pronounce rumpus (audio)
: a noisy disturbance or quarrel

rumpuses

noun

plural of rumpus
as in disturbances
a state of noisy, confused activity the kids made such a rumpus that they woke up everyone else in the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • disturbances
  • commotions
  • stirs
  • hullabaloos
  • fusses
  • pandemoniums
  • furors
  • rows
  • ballyhoos
  • furores
  • noises
  • storms
  • turmoils
  • hubbubs
  • alarums and excursions
  • hurricanes
  • pothers
  • bobberies
  • helter-skelters
  • fun
  • rackets
  • shindies
  • moils
  • hubble-bubbles
  • zoos
  • coils
  • clatters
  • williwaws
  • hurly-burlies
  • hurry-skurries
  • shindys
  • splores
  • ados
  • hurry-scurries
  • clutters
  • hurlies
  • bothers
  • welters
  • roars
  • blathers
  • ruckuses
  • do's
  • bustles
  • corroborees
  • foofaraws
  • squalls
  • ructions
  • stews
  • hoo-hahs
  • hooplas
  • tumults
  • bluster
  • flurries
  • whirls
  • uproars
  • kerfuffles
  • disorders
  • upheavals
  • hue and cries
  • howls
  • to-dos
  • outcries
  • hoo-has
  • cacophonies
  • eruptions
  • dos
  • outbreaks
  • dins
  • flutters
  • clamors
  • brawls
  • mêlées
  • outbursts
  • fevers
  • melees
  • scuffles
  • frays
  • fracases
  • frets
  • lathers
  • fracas
  • tizzies
  • dithers
  • hassles
  • flare-ups

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • tranquillities
  • tranquilities
  • rests
  • hushes
  • calms
  • quiets
  • quietudes
  • peaces
  • orders
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