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ruction

noun
/ˈɹʌk.ʃən/UK

Etymology

1825, of unknown origin, possibly from eruption or insurrection. Possibly related to the Irish insurrection of 1798.

  1. derived from insurrection of 1798

Definitions

  1. A noisy quarrel or fight.

    • If you do want to go home, here’s your whip. Don’t fall off. Say to her you wanted it, or there might be ructions.
    • She could see there were going to be ructions. Sure enough there'd be a scene between them, when Sebastian found what Tilly had been up to.
    • Although she acknowledged that the development of an opera house had caused considerable ructions in Australia, she nevertheless implied that its construction was a sort of coming-of-age for the rough antipodeans

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ruction. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA