rumption

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noun

A loud disturbance; a rumpus, uproar.

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Meanings

nounrumption (plural rumptions)

plural rumptions

  1. dialectalA loud disturbance; a rumpus, uproar.

    I leap to my feet with a rumption, turning over the bench where I'm sitting. "But," I say, looking to both sides of me in shock.

    2015, Katherine Howe, The Appearance of Annie van Sinderen, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 203

Origin

Probably from rumpus + -tion.

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APA

rumption. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rumption

MLA

“rumption.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rumption. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rumption,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rumption.

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