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# rumpus

«rumpus» in Mova's school dictionary: **A noisy fuss, quarrel or commotion** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a rumpus, rumpuses — informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) A noisy fuss, quarrel or commotion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rumpus/#m1)

2) (US, Australia, NZ) «Rumpus room»: a family playroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rumpus/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday informal word for a noisy row or uproar. In stories, characters cause a rumpus: Toad causes a terrible rumpus wherever he goes, and the Queen of Hearts' croquet game is a rumpus. In Australia and New Zealand many houses have a rumpus room.

### examples

- The dogs caused a rumpus in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rumpus/#x1)
- There was a rumpus when the teacher left the room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rumpus/#x2)
- Toad's arrival always caused a rumpus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rumpus/#x3)
- We played games in the rumpus room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rumpus/#x4)
- What's all this rumpus about? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rumpus/#x5)
- The news caused a rumpus in the village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rumpus/#x6)

### note

Informal. Plural: rumpuses. Similar: commotion, uproar, fuss, din, ruckus.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rumpus» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rumpus/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.