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ruckus

ruckus

English

Noun

ruckus ‎(plural ruckuses)

A noisy disturbance and/or commotion.
A row, fight.

Synonyms

Derived terms

ruckusy

See also

raucous

Translations

A noisy disturbance and/or commotion

Catalan: commoció f, aldarull m
Dutch: beroering (nl), commotie (nl)
Finnish: kohu (fi), meteli (fi), metakka

French: chahut (fr) m
German: Tumult (de) m, Spektakel (de) n, Tohuwabohu (de) m, Theater (de) n, Affentheater n, Wirrwarr (de) m, Zirkus (de) m
Polish: zamieszanie (pl) n
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

A row, fight

Dutch: oproer (nl) n, opstoot m, rel(letje)
Finnish: tappelu (fi), käsirysy

French: grabuge (fr) m, commotion (fr) f
Russian: потасовка (ru) f ‎(potasovka), скандал (ru) m ‎(skandal), разборка (ru) f ‎(razborka) (slang)

References

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
“ruckus” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

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