ruckus

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1890; possibly a pseudo-Latinism derived from a blend of ruction (“disturbance”) +‎ rumpus (“disturbance, fracas”) - potentially with influence from raucous (“rowdy, hoarse”), from Latin raucus (“rough, hoarse”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹʌkəs/

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  • Rhymes: -ʌkəs
• (Southern US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹukəs/

Noun

ruckus (plural ruckuses)

1. A raucous disturbance and/or commotion.
   • 2006 July 6, Charlie Day & Glenn Howerton & Rob McElhenney, “Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare” (3:13 from the start), in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia‎^[2], season 2, episode 3, spoken by Frank Reynolds (Danny DeVito):

     “Hey, hey, hey, what's the ruckus? I'm trying to conduct important business back there.” “We finished with the tile. And now we're trying to move the pool table back.” “All right, all right, all right. Have you done the urinal? Because the urinal, you flush it, and it sprays all over the place.”

2. A row, fight.

Synonyms

• ruction
• rumpus
• uproar

Derived terms

• ruckus juice
• ruckus room
• ruckusy

Translations

a noisy disturbance and/or commotion

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: commoció f, aldarull (ca) m
• Chinese: 騷動 / 骚动 (zh) (sāodòng), 骚动 (zh) (sāodòng)
• Dutch: oproer (nl), commotie (nl), lawaai (nl), ophef (nl)
• Faroese: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kohu (fi), meteli (fi), metakka (fi)
• French: chahut (fr) m
• Galician: please add this translation if you can
• German: Tumult (de) m, Spektakel (de) n, Tohuwabohu (de) m, Theater (de) n, Affentheater (de) n, Wirrwarr (de) m, Zirkus (de) m
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: lárma (hu), zűrzavar (hu), ricsaj (hu), zenebona (hu),felfordulás (hu), kavarodás (hu), összevisszaság (hu), hűhó (hu), kalamajka (hu), zavargás (hu), ramazúri (hu), rumli (hu), zrí (hu)
• Macedonian: галама f (galama)
• Māori: tutūnga o te puehu
• Plautdietsch: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: zamieszanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: alvoroço (pt) m, tumulto (pt) m
• Russian: сумато́ха (ru) f (sumatóxa), шум (ru) m (šum), гам (ru) m (gam), волне́ния (ru) n pl (volnénija), ки́пеш (ru) m (kípeš) (slang)
• Spanish: bullicio (es) m, alboroto (es) m, gresca f, tremolina (es) f, batahola (es) f, jaleo (es) m, follón (es) m
• Swedish: oväsen (sv) n,
• Welsh: helynt f, ffrwgwd m, stŵr m

a row, fight

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese: 爭吵 / 争吵 (zh) (zhēngchǎo), 爭執 / 争执 (zh) (zhēngzhí)
• Dutch: oproer (nl) n, opstoot (nl) m, rel (nl) (letje)
• Faroese: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: tappelu (fi), käsirysy (fi)
• French: grabuge (fr) m, commotion (fr) f
• Galician: please add this translation if you can
• German: Krawall (de) m
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: veszekedés (hu), vita (hu), perpatvar (hu), csihi-puhi (hu), haddelhadd (hu)
• Italian: rissa (it) f, zuffa (it) f
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Plautdietsch: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: потасо́вка (ru) f (potasóvka), сканда́л (ru) m (skandál), разбо́рка (ru) f (razbórka) (slang)
• Slovene: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: trifulca (es) f, pelotera (es) f, gresca f
• Swedish: kalabalik (sv) c, uppståndelse (sv) c
• Welsh: ffrae f, cerydd m

See also

• raucous

Further reading

• “ruckus” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.