ruction

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

1825, of unknown origin, possibly from eruption or insurrection.[1] Possibly related to the Irish insurrection of 1798.[2]

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɹʌk.ʃən/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌkʃən

Noun

[edit]

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.”
    • 1947, Christopher Sheridan, Bread and circuses, page 52:
      She could see there were going to be ructions. Sure enough there'd be a scene between them, when Sebastian found what Tilly had been up to.
    • 2002, Ruth Bereson, The Operatic State: Cultural Policy and the Opera House, page 148:
      Although she acknowledged that the development of an opera house had caused considerable ructions in Australia, she nevertheless implied that its construction was a sort of coming-of-age for the rough antipodeans
    • 2013, Alan S. Blinder, After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, ..., page 381:
      While the U.S. government had a huge fiscal deficit, similar to Greece's, the financial ructions emanating from Athens sent nervous money flocking to the United States, not away.
    • 2014, Murray C. Morison, Time Sphere:
      Dad drove and Mum commented on Dad's driving; not too much, but just enough to occasionally lead to ructions.

Synonyms

[edit]
[edit]

Translations

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “ruction”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ Webster's New International Dictionary. Unabridged. (1954). sub ruction."

Anagrams

[edit]