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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of making a noisy disturbance [syn: commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: probably blend of ruction and rumpus Date: circa 1890 row, disturbance <raise a ruckus>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. esp. US a row or commotion. Etymology: cf. RUCTION, RUMPUS

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If someone or something causes a ruckus, they cause a great deal of noise, argument, or confusion. (AM INFORMAL) This caused such a ruckus all over Japan that they had to change their mind. N-SING

Moby Thesaurus

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