Meanings
nounruckus (plural ruckuses)
plural ruckuses
- A raucous disturbance and/or commotion.
“Hey, hey, hey, what's the ruckus? I'm trying to conduct important business back there.” “We finished with the tile. And now we're trying to move the pool table back.” “All right, all right, all right. Have you done the urinal? Because the urinal, you flush it, and it sprays all over the place.”
2006 July 6, Charlie Day & Glenn Howerton & Rob McElhenney, “Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare” (3:13 from the start), in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, season 2, episode 3, spoken by Frank Reynolds (Danny DeVito)
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan commoció, aldarull
- commocióa noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- aldarulla noisy disturbance and/or commotion
Chinese 騷動 /骚动, 骚动
- 騷動 /骚动 (sāodòng)a noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- 骚动 (sāodòng)a noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- 爭吵 /争吵 (zhēngchǎo)a row, fight
- 爭執 /争执 (zhēngzhí)a row, fight
Dutch oproer, commotie
- oproera noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- commotiea noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- lawaaia noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- ophefa noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- oproera row, fight
- opstoota row, fight
- rel (letje)a row, fight
Finnish kohu, meteli
- kohua noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- metelia noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- metakkaa noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- tappelua row, fight
- käsirysya row, fight
French chahut, grabuge
- chahuta noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- grabugea row, fight
- commotiona row, fight
German Tumult, Spektakel
- Tumulta noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- Spektakela noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- Tohuwabohua noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- Theatera noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- Affentheatera noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- Wirrwarra noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- Zirkusa noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- Krawalla row, fight
Hungarian lárma, zűrzavar
- lármaa noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- zűrzavara noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- ricsaja noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- zenebonaa noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- felfordulása noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- kavarodása noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- összevisszasága noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- hűhóa noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- kalamajkaa noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- zavargása noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- ramazúria noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- rumlia noisy disturbance and/or commotion
Italian rissa, zuffa
- rissaa row, fight
- zuffaa row, fight
Māori tutūnga o te puehu
- tutūnga o te puehua noisy disturbance and/or commotion
Polish zamieszanie
- zamieszaniea noisy disturbance and/or commotion
Portuguese alvoroço, tumulto
- alvoroçoa noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- tumultoa noisy disturbance and/or commotion
Russian сумато́ха, шум
- сумато́ха (sumatóxa)a noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- шум (šum)a noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- гам (gam)a noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- волне́ния (volnénija)a noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- ки́пеш (kípeš)a noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- потасо́вка (potasóvka)a row, fight
- сканда́л (skandál)a row, fight
- разбо́рка (razbórka)a row, fight
Spanish bullicio, alboroto
- bullicioa noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- alborotoa noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- grescaa noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- tremolinaa noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- bataholaa noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- jaleoa noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- follóna noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- trifulcaa row, fight
- peloteraa row, fight
- grescaa row, fight
Swedish oväsen, kalabalik
- oväsena noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- kalabalika row, fight
- uppståndelsea row, fight
Welsh helynt, ffrwgwd
- helynta noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- ffrwgwda noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- stŵra noisy disturbance and/or commotion
- ffraea row, fight
- cerydda row, fight
Cite this entry
APA
ruckus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruckus
MLA
“ruckus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruckus. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ruckus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruckus.
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