ruckus

[ruhk-uhs]

noun

1. a noisy commotion; fracas; rumpus.

   The losers are sure to raise a ruckus.

2. a heated controversy.

   Newspapers fostered the ruckus by printing the opponents' letters.

ruckus

/ ˈrʌkəs /

noun

1. informal,  an uproar; ruction

Word History and Origins

Origin of ruckus¹

1885–90, probably blend of ruction and rumpus

Word History and Origins

Origin of ruckus¹

C20: from _ruction + _rumpus

Example Sentences

Thankfully, the ruckus in the henhouse had summoned Dr. Westminster back from his rounds; he came jogging in just in the nick of time.

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Nutsawoo was the very same squirrel that had caused such a ruckus at the holiday ball.

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Roz sent the milk truck away for its evening deliveries and hurried off to see what the ruckus was about.

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On Tuesday, 250 years after that ride, Judge Charles Breyer of the Federal District Court in San Francisco raised a similar ruckus without ever leaving the bench.

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"From a girl's standpoint, they're going to have to get used to me stirring a few pots and causing a bit of a ruckus," he told ITV after signing up.

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Related Words

• brawl 
• brouhaha 
• commotion 
• fracas 
• fuss 
• hubbub 
• quarrel 
• stink 
• upheaval 
• uproar