rumption

noun

rumption

noun

Etymology Probably from rumpus + -tion.

1

Dialectal A loud disturbance; a rumpus, uproar.

  • I leap to my feet with a rumption, turning over the bench where I'm sitting. "But," I say, looking to both sides of me in shock.2015, Katherine Howe, The Appearance of Annie van Sinderen, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 203:
Derived terms
polrumptious, rumptious
Related terms
ruction

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