rumpus
/ˈrʌm.pəs/
词源链
- 英语English
rumpus
词源说明
Unknown. First use appears c. 1745. The OED indicates: "perhaps an arbitrary formation". Possibly a pseudo-Latinism derived from alteration of rumbustical or rumbustious (“boisterous, noisy”) + Latin -us (“nominative suffix”). The use of the verbal form first appears c. 1839.
释义
名词noun
- 1A noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a noisy quarrel or brawl.
- 2New Zealand, Australia, CanadaA rumpus room.
动词verb
- 1informal, intransitive