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Definition of what's the rumpus?
what's the rumpus? 
interjection
- a greeting; "what's going on?"
What's the rumpus?
- See more words with the same meaning: hello and other greetings.
Last edited on Mar 21 2011. Submitted by Greg H. from NM, USA on Feb 24 2000.
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Other terms relating to 'hello and other greetings': | |
| Definitions include: Same thing as "what's up." | |
| Definitions include: a greeting, similar to the likes of "What's up?" | |
| Definitions include: a greeting, usually between men. | |
| Definitions include: a prostitute. | |
| Definitions include: a friend, usually white. | |
| Definitions include: exclamatory greeting, like saying what's up or what's doing. | |
| Definitions include: an acronym has been invented for "bitch," far after the term entered use: "Beautiful Intellectuals That Cause Hard-ons." | |
| Definitions include: a greeting. Synonymous with "Hey!", "What's up?", etc. | |
| Definitions include: a shortened form of "what's up". | |
| Definitions include: what's up, what's going on, not actually a question. more like a statement. | |
| Definitions include: a greeting or means of asking a person what is new in their life. | |
| Definitions include: "How's your mom and them". | |
| Definitions include: "What's going on?" | |
| Definitions include: a greeting. | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent, impressive; "cool"; "awesome". | |
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Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: Walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: A good estimate, term of agreement | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: Inclusive | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
| Definitions include: extremely popular. | |
| Definitions include: taking a passive role. | |
| Definitions include: the bathroom. | |
Other terms relating to 'what's': | |
| Definitions include: a shortened form of "what's up". | |
| Definitions include: a combination of the word 'sup and the word b. | |
| Definitions include: what's up bud of friend. | |
| Definitions include: it means: what is up? how are you? | |
| Definitions include: an emphatic acknowledgement. | |
| Definitions include: "what's up". | |
| Definitions include: "what's up". | |
| Definitions include: Another way to say what's up. | |
| Definitions include: a greeting similar in form to "What's up?" or "What's crackin'?", but more related to new trends on the Internet. | |
| Definitions include: a greeting. | |
| Definitions include: What's up? | |
| Definitions include: a greeting, synonymous with greetings such as "What's going on?" | |
| Definitions include: what's up or what's happening. | |
| Definitions include: a greeting, synonymous with "What's up?". | |
| Definitions include: What's up how you doing? Or How are things? | |
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