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rum•pus



Pronunciation: (rum'pus), [key]
—n.,
—pl. -pus•es.
1. a noisy or violent disturbance; commotion; uproar: There was a terrible rumpus going on upstairs.
2. a heated controversy: a rumpus over the school-bond issue.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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