different between ruction vs rumpus

English

Etymology

1825, of unknown origin, possibly from eruption or insurrection. Possibly related to the Irish insurrection of 1798.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /???k.??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

ruction (plural ructions)

1. A noisy quarrel or fight.
   • 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, XII [Uniform ed., p. 131]:

     “If you do want to go home, here’s your whip. Don’t fall off. Say to her you wanted it, or there might be ructions.”

Synonyms

• (noisy quarrel): brawl, disturbance, fracas, row, uproar

Related terms

• ruckus

Translations

References

• ruction at OneLook Dictionary Search
• ruction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• courtin', in court

English

Etymology

1764, of unknown origin, "prob. a fanciful formation" [OED], possibly an alteration of robustious "boisterous, noisy".

Noun

rumpus (plural rumpuses)

1. A noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel.
2. (New Zealand) A rumpus room.

Synonyms

• ruckus, turmoil

Translations

See also

• romp

Latin

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?rum.pus/, [?r?mp?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?rum.pus/, [?rumpus]

Noun

rumpus m (genitive rump?); second declension

1. A vine branch

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Synonyms

• tr?dux

Derived terms

• rump?tin?tum
• rump?tinus

References

• rumpus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rumpus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette