Ruckus

ruck⋅us

    [ruhk-uhs]

–noun

1.	a noisy commotion; fracas; rumpus: The losers are sure to raise a ruckus.

2.	a heated controversy: Newspapers fostered the ruckus by printing the opponents' letters.

Origin: 
1885–90, Americanism; prob. b. ruction and rumpus