A noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a noisy quarrel or brawl.
"I'd like to know how on earth we are going to finish the case with all this umptydoodle rumpus going on."
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(New Zealand, Australia, Canada) A rumpus room.
But as his rumpus with Mr. Christie entered its second and third rounds, Mr. Rubio appeared to abandon that game plan.
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(informal, intransitive) To cause a noisy disturbance or commotion.
All night, as wide awake as gnats, The terriers rumpused after rats, Or, just for practice, taught their brats, To worry cast-off shoes and hats.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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