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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.