RUMPUS


Meaning of RUMPUS in English

/rum"peuhs/ , n. , pl. rumpuses .

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.

[ 1755-65; orig. uncert. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .