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Definition of Ruckus
1. Noun. The act of making a noisy disturbance.
Generic synonyms: Disturbance
Specialized synonyms: Ado, Bustle, Flurry, Fuss, Hustle, Stir
Derivative terms: Rumpus
Definition of Ruckus
1. Noun. A noisy disturbance and/or commotion. ¹
2. Noun. A row, fight. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ruckus
1. a noisy disturbance [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruckus
Literary usage of Ruckus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Telecommunications Challenge: Changing Technologies and Evolving by Charles W. Wessner (2006)
"... of Stovepiping" William J. Raduchel ruckus Network Dr. Raduchel recalled that
he had joined the STEP Board around the time of the first of the workshops ..."
2. The Protest Ethic: How the Anti-Globalisation Movement Challenges Social by John Lloyd (2001)
"Before creating the ruckus Society (which is defined on the back of activists'
T-shirts as 'a loud angry interruption, a hullabaloo, a disruption) ..."
3. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1901)
"979. ROBERTS, I. : Photographs of stars, star-clusters, and nebul?e. London, sq.
F, no. 617. ruckus, \VA: (See Leipzig.) Astronomische Gesellschaft. ..."
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