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The definition of a ruckus is commotion or a noisy disturbance.

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People yelling and getting into a fight in the middle of a movie is an example of a ruckus.

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noun

Informal noisy confusion; uproar; row; disturbance

Origin: prob. a merging of ruction & rumpus

See ruckus in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A disturbance; a commotion: “Little was heard by us in the upper regions of the considerable ruckus (and surely the heartbreak) being endured some floors below” (Brendan Gill).

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps blend of ruction

Origin: and rumpus

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