rumpus

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

Rumpus \Rum"pus\ (r[u^]m"p[u^]s), n.
   A disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel. [Colloq.]
   [1913 Webster]
    

107 Moby Thesaurus words for "rumpus":
      Bedlam let loose, ado, affray, agitation, barney, bedlam, blast,
      bluster, bobbery, bother, brawl, broil, brouhaha, cacophony, chaos,
      charivari, chirm, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, coil, commotion,
      confusion, contention, controversy, din, discord, dispute,
      disturbance, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, drunken brawl, dustup,
      ebullition, embroilment, 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, hurrah, jangle, knock-down-and-drag-out,
      loud noise, mayhem, melee, noise, noise and shouting, outcry,
      pandemonium, passion, pell-mell, pother, racket, rage, rampage,
      rattle, rhubarb, riot, roar, rough-and-tumble, roughhouse, row,
      ruckus, ruction, rumble, run-in, scramble, scrap, scrimmage,
      set-to, shindig, shindy, shivaree, stir, storminess,
      tempestuousness, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, to-do, trouble,
      tumult, tumultuousness, turbulence, turmoil, uproar, upset,
      wildness, zeal, zealousness