ruction
English edit
Etymology edit
1825, of unknown origin, possibly from eruption or insurrection.[1] Possibly related to the Irish insurrection of 1798.[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ruction (plural ructions)
- A noisy quarrel or fight.
- 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, XII [Uniform ed., p. 131]:
- “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.”
- 1947, Christopher Sheridan, Bread and circuses, page 52:
- 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.
- 2002, Ruth Bereson, The Operatic State: Cultural Policy and the Opera House, page 148:
- 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
- 2013, Alan S. Blinder, After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, ..., page 381:
- While the U.S. government had a huge fiscal deficit, similar to Greece's, the financial ructions emanating from Athens sent nervous money flocking to the United States, not away.
- 2014, Murray C. Morison, Time Sphere:
- Dad drove and Mum commented on Dad's driving; not too much, but just enough to occasionally lead to ructions.
- 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, XII [Uniform ed., p. 131]:
Synonyms edit
- (noisy quarrel): brawl, disturbance, fracas, row, uproar
Related terms edit
Translations edit
noisy quarrel or fight
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References edit
- “ruction”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “ruction”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “ruction”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ Webster's New International Dictionary. Unabridged. (1954). sub ruction."