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☆ ruck·us (ruk′əs)

noun

Informal noisy confusion; uproar; row; disturbance

Etymology: prob. a merging of ruction & rumpus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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