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Recorded since 1890; probably a blend of ruction ( “ disturbance ” ) + rumpus ( “ disturbance, fracas ” ) .[ 1]
ruckus (plural ruckuses
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] 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.”
A row , fight . 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)
Maori: tutūnga o te puehu
Plautdietsch: please add this translation if you can
Polish: zamieszanie (pl) n
Portuguese: alvoroço (pt) m tumulto (pt) m
Russian: суматоха (ru) f ( sumatoxa ) , шум (ru) m ( šum ) , гам (ru) m ( gam ) , волнения (ru) n pl ( volnenija ) , кипеш (ru) m ( kipeš ) ( slang )
Spanish: bullicio (es) m alboroto (es) m gresca f tremolina (es) f batahola (es) f jaleo (es) m follón (es) m
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: потасовка (ru) f ( potasovka ) , скандал (ru) m ( skandal ) , разборка (ru) f ( razborka ) ( slang )
Slovene: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: trifulca (es) f pelotera (es) f gresca f
Swedish: kalabalik (sv) c
Welsh: ffrae f cerydd m
^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025 ), “ruckus ”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
^ McDavid, Raven Ioor Jr. (1943 ), “42. Review of Hall 1942: The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech ”, in William A. Kretzschmar, Jr., editor, Dialects in culture: essays in general dialectology [1] University, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press , published 1979 , →ISBN →OCLC page 321 
