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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A disturbance; a commotion: "Little was heard by us in the upper regions of the considerable ruckus (and surely the heartbreak) being endured some floors below” ( Brendan Gill).

Wiktionary

  1. n. A noisy disturbance and/or commotion.
  2. n. A row, fight.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the act of making a noisy disturbance

Etymologies

  1. Recorded since 1890; probably a blend of ruction 'disturbance' and rumpus 'disturbance, fracas' (itself of unknown origin) (Wiktionary)
  2. Perhaps blend of ruction and rumpus. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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