ruckus

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ruck=us

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ruckus, n. esp. US a row or commotion.

Etymology

cf. RUCTION, RUMPUS

THESAURUS

ruckus

Bedlam let loose, ado, agitation, altercation, barney, bedlam, bickering, blast, bluster, bobbery, bother, brawl, broil, brouhaha, cacophony, chaos, charivari, chirm, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, coil, commotion, controversy, din, discord, dispute, disturbance, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, drunken brawl, dustup, ebullition, embroilment, falling-out, fanaticism, ferment, flap, fomentation, foofaraw, fracas, free-for-all, frenzy, fume, furor, furore, fury, fuss, hassle, hell broke loose, helter-skelter, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, jangle, knock-down-and-drag-out, loud noise, melee, noise, noise and shouting, outcry, pandemonium, passion, pell-mell, pother, racket, rage, rampage, rattle, rhubarb, riot, roar, rough-and-tumble, roughhouse, row, ruction, rumble, rumpus, run-in, scramble, scrap, scrimmage, set-to, shindig, shindy, shivaree, squabble, stir, storminess, tempestuousness, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, to-do, trouble, tumult, tumultuousness, turbulence, turmoil, uproar, upset, wildness, wrangle, zeal, zealousness