Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A room for play and parties.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a recreation room for noisy activities (parties or children's play etc)
Examples
“Finally, a constructive use for the still-to-be-completed rumpus room once known as Mannyland.”
“Sinister in so many intriguing ways, this rumpus room could be the very place Calvin Klein first imagined when he dispatched one of his art directors to concoct a vaguely seedy, possibly sexually apocalyptic, retro-suburban, subterranean lair to set the advertising launch for his denim line.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘rumpus room’.
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2 BDRM W/ VU
Rooms in a house.
living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, den, rec room, garage, basement, attic, water closet, cellar and 29 more...
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Words I Enjoy
with or without biscuits.
palindrome, shimmer, ennui, libertine, pollination, ostentatious, follow, devastation, whippoorwill, gossamer, weevil, ambivalence and 7 more...
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R is for Red Clown
My R Words
rabble-rouser, rabblerouser, red clown, rabblerousing, ragamuffin, rama lama ding dong, rapscallion, rascal, ratfink, red herring, red rover, renegade and 39 more...
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crunchysaviour 2002 film starring Jodie Foster. Three men break into Foster's house, whereupon all become locked in aforementioned room. There is some rough and tumble. Hilarity ensues. Aug 30, 2008
bilby Come across this quite often in Australia, even in official real estate blurbs. Aug 30, 2008
reesetee That's how I've always heard it used. Also "rec (for recreation) room." Aug 29, 2008
yarb What exactly is a rumpus room? A kids' playroom? Aug 29, 2008