as in commotion
a state of noisy, confused activity
the kids made such a rumpus that they woke up everyone else in the house
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Recent Examples of rumpus
A little boy named Max who got up on the wrong side of the bed meets a troupe of teeth-gnashing monsters — and so the wild rumpus begins.
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Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2023
Everything's wild rumpus springs from the everyday struggles of an L.A. laundromat owner (Michelle Yeoh) and her semi-estranged husband and daughter (Ke Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu, respectively), then starts shooting out sparks from there like a Catherine wheel.
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 28 June 2022
But the wild rumpus came to an end around the time Trump helped orchestrate an attack on the U.S. Capitol.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 31 Jan. 2023
Let the wild rumpus start with this no-sew costume of Max, the main character from the beloved children's book, Where the Wild Things Are.
—Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 30 Aug. 2022
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Spears' teen pregnancy immediately caused commotion among her family and her team.—
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On a match day, the keenest supporters would gravitate to the main entrance halfway along, just after the dressing room windows where Ian Wright occasionally peered out and caused a commotion.—
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Minor disturbances, such as noise, movement or a slightly full bladder, can now easily interrupt sleep.—
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On Monday, March 24, Harris County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a call about a disturbance at a home on Barkers Crossing Avenue in Houston.—
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The news, which surfaced late last week when letters to these vendors from Chief Procurement Officer Sharla Roberts were shared with the media, caused an immediate stir and prompted some aldermen to publicly advise contractors not to comply with the request.—
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Fans of this show based on a treatment by the legendary Bruce Lee caused enough of a stir that it was eventually renewed for Max exclusively, airing a third season on the streaming service.—
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So is Aaron Judge, who couldn’t believe all the fuss that was being made over the Yankees’ new wood.—
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But Newsom appears to have fully retreated on trans-inclusive athletics, conceding to right-wing propagandists Charlie Kirk and Michael Savage without a fuss in the first two episodes of Newsom’s podcast earlier this month.—
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But Haiti has been in constant turmoil, hampering U.S. efforts.—
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Such a break in tradition would be catastrophic for the diamond industry, which is already in turmoil.—
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Germany, a country that traditionally favors social spending over national defense and is almost immovable out of its comfort zone, now resembles a country in a hurry.—
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But even those bloodlines became intermingled in a hurry.—
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In 2018, Forbes cited a study from Denmark that determined that people who regularly play racket sports could extend their lives.—
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Andreeva took a 1-0 lead in the third with a too-strong passing shot that Sabalenka, a 26-year-old from Belarus, could barely even get her racket on.—
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“Rumpus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumpus. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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