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[ ruhk-shuhn ]
noun
- a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
ruction
/ ˈrʌkʃən /
noun
- an uproar; noisy or quarrelsome disturbance
- plural a violent and unpleasant row; trouble
there'll be ructions when she finds out
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Origin of ruction1
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Origin of ruction1
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Example Sentences
That old man never would get it off him without a big ruction, and if he did, Dan would be right after him bigger'n a wolf.
Fer me, I guess as we're well out of a ruction that looked at one time likely to get too hot fer anything.
A ruction there could be heard way up and down the line, and would set people running.
There'll be a ruction in this neighbourhood before many minutes.'
But my friends know where I am an' they'll come down here an' raise a ruction if I don't show up.
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