Meaning of rumpus in English
(Definition of rumpus from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of rumpus
rumpus
A plain old suburban rumpus room becomes a place of unexpected wonderment.
From Los Angeles Times
They had a jolly rumpus a little while before the old man was fixed.
From Project Gutenberg
The chauffeur staggered and slowly toppled over into the soft earth which had caused so much of the rumpus.
From Project Gutenberg
I glanced guiltily to see if the rumpus it seemed to me to be making was attracting notice.
From Project Gutenberg
There was pretty sure to be a rumpus every time his turn came.
From Project Gutenberg
To offer a motion to adjourn, just after settling down to business, would certainly have aroused suspicion and a general rumpus.
From Project Gutenberg
I couldn't stay out of the rumpus any longer.
From Project Gutenberg
The rumpus in the village plaza was getting worse.
From Project Gutenberg
You find the papers full of the rumpus made by a certain set of youths who call themselves students.
From Project Gutenberg
But it strikes me that to capture the princess and run away with her would be to stir up no end of a rumpus.
From Project Gutenberg
There was a rumpus; neither earthquake nor cyclone would have caused a greater commotion in the community.
From Project Gutenberg
I say, if they'd guessed the game we were playing there'd have been a rumpus.
From Project Gutenberg
They found out we were seeing each other secretly, and they made a rumpus about it.
From Project Gutenberg
A rumpus ensued which ended in the shutting up of the $1-3/4shop.
From Project Gutenberg
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Translations of rumpus
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chahut…
gürültü, patırtı…
herrie…
kravál…
spektakel…
keributan…
เสียงเอะอะอึกทึก…
sự huyên náo…
zamieszanie…
bråk, gruff, uppträde…
huru-hara…
das Spektakel…
leven, hurlumhei, bråk…
шум, гамір…
