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ruckus

UK/ˈɹʌkəs/

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Southern US/ˈɹukəs/

ruckus noun: a raucous disturbance and/or commotion.

Noun

ruckus (plural ruckuses)

  1. A raucous disturbance and/or commotion.
    • “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.”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, season 2, episode 3, spoken by Frank Reynolds...
  2. A row, fight.

ruckus meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

ruckus in Tamil

அமளி

ruckus in Urdu

فساد, ہنگامہ

ruckus in Bengali

হট্টগোল, গোলমাল

ruckus in Telugu

ruckus, disturbance
లొల్లి lolli

Synonyms of ruckus

Forms of ruckus

pluralruckuses

Origin of ruckus

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

Words formed from ruckus

Phrases with ruckus

Questions about ruckus

What does ruckus mean?
Ruckus means a raucous disturbance and/or commotion.
What is ruckus in Tamil?
Ruckus in Tamil is அமளி. See Ruckus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ruckus?
Ruckus is a noun.
How do you pronounce ruckus?
Ruckus is pronounced /ˈɹʌkəs/ (UK).
What is the plural of ruckus?
The plural of ruckus is ruckuses.

Words near ruckus in the dictionary

  1. rucksac
  2. rucksack
  3. rucksacks
  4. rucksacs
  5. Ruckstuhl
  6. ruckus
  7. ruckus juice
  8. ruckus room
  9. ruckus rooms
  10. ruckuses
  11. ruckusy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ruckus (page history and authors); ruckus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ruckus (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ruckus (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); లొల్లి (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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