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   ruction

   /ˈrʌkʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a disturbance or quarrel: informal "she acted as if there'd been no earlier ruction"
   • ▪ angry reactions, protests, or complaints: informal "if Mrs Salt catches her there'll be ructions"

   Word Origin early 19th century: of unknown origin.

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   Ruction is a noun that means a noisy fight or disturbance. It may be related to insurrection, a word for an uprising against authority. See synonyms, examples, and word history of ruction.

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   the act of making a noisy disturbance. DISCLAIMER: These example sentences appear in various news sources and books to reflect the usage of the word ‘ruction'.Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Vocabulary.com or its editors.

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   Ruction is an informal word for a noisy or quarrelsome disturbance or a violent and unpleasant row. It may be derived from insurrection, a reference to the Irish Insurrection of 1798.

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   ruction, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

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   RUCTIONS definition: 1. a noisy argument or angry complaint: 2. a noisy argument or angry complaint: . Learn more.

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   Ruction is a noun that means a riotous disturbance or a noisy quarrel. Find out the origin, pronunciation, and translations of ruction, as well as related words and antonyms.

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   What does ruction mean?

   • Define ruction. ruction synonyms, ruction pronunciation, ruction translation, English dictionary definition of ruction. n. A riotous disturbance; a noisy quarrel. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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   What does it mean if someone causes ructions?

   • If someone or something causes ructions, they cause strong protests, quarrels, or other trouble. Both activities have caused some ructions. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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   What are some examples of ruction?

   • For example, we have melee, fracas, donnybrook, ruckus, and one especially for baseball fans, rhubarb. Ruction is rarer than most of these. Etymologists speculate that ruction came to English in the early 19th century as a shortening and alteration of another word suggesting an episode of violence: insurrection.

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   Where did ruction come from?

   • The earliest uses of ruction specifically make reference to the Irish Rebellion of 1798, an uprising against British rule on that island. Ruckus came later, toward the end of the 19th century, and was probably formed by combining ruction with rumpus.

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   Are there ructions in the air?

   • Seems that you lads raised ructions last night and broken his sweet slumbers. All this was enough to spell ructions in the air, and, ordinarily, the division to a man would have hung mildly expectant on the result of the final showdown. Then, naturally, there must be ructions. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   What does riot mean?

   • Also found in: Thesaurus. n. A riotous disturbance; a noisy quarrel. [Possibly alteration of insurrection.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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   RUCTIONS meaning: 1. a noisy argument or angry complaint: 2. a noisy argument or angry complaint: . Learn more.