rumpus

rumpus
n
1. commotion, uproar, fracas, confusion, disturbance; tumult, storm, affray, ado, bedlam, mayhem, Inf. shindy, rowdydow, hoo-ha, Inf. foofaraw; pother, stir, brouhaha, Fr. tohu-bohu; melee, brawl, rough-house, free-for-all, Sl. rumble, rout, riot.
2. controversy, quarrel, row, hassle, scrap; tiff, spat, rhubarb, argument, dispute; Inf. ruction, Brit. barney, Sl. knock-down-drag-out; wrangle, dustup, don-nybrook, fight, altercation; broil, embroilment, em-branglement, words, squabble, squall, imbroglio, tussle, perturbation

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