# rumpus

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #65,475

## Definitions
1. A noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a noisy quarrel or brawl.
2. A rumpus room.

## Etymology
Unknown. First use appears c. 1745. The OED indicates: "perhaps an arbitrary formation". Possibly an alteration of rumbustical or rumbustious (“boisterous, noisy”) + Latin -us (“nominative suffix”). The use of the verbal form first appears c. 1839.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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