ruckus

Recorded since 1890; probably a blend of ruction (“disturbance”) +‎ rumpus (“disturbance, fracas”).^[1]

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹʌkəs/

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  • Rhymes: -ʌkəs
• (Southern US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹukəs/^[2]

ruckus (plural ruckuses)

1. A raucous disturbance and/or commotion.
   • 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^[2], season 2, episode 3, spoken by Frank Reynolds (Danny DeVito):

     “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.”

2. A row, fight.

• ruction
• rumpus
• uproar

• raucous

• “ruckus” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.