Rumpus

runfpus, n. A disturbance; quarrel. a Run, run, v. i. [imp. ran or run; p. p. run; running.] - To go with a lighter or more rapid gait than by walking; to move with an easy or rapid movement; to hasten, hurry; to retreat, flee; to steal off, quit, depart; to contend in a race, enter, as a candidate, into a contest; to go from one state to another; to proceed; for to pa , in thought or conversation, from one subject to another; to pre for payment (upon a bank, or etc.) with numerous demands; to be moved, pa , go, — said of involuntary motion; as, to flow, as a of liquid; to descend, as a stream; to proceed along a surface, extend, spread; to turn, as a wheel; to move; on wheels or runners; to extend through a period of time; to go back and forth from place to place, as a stage, packet, etc.; to pa ; to continue in operation; to have a course or direction; to be inform thus, as a combination of words; to have growth or; linger or ink, then, boNboN, chair, get. development; to tend, incline; to spread and together; to continue without falling due; good. — v. t. To cause to run; to pursue in thought; to cause to enter, thrust; to drive or force; to mold, cast; to cause to be drawn, mark out, mine; to smuggle; to be exposed to the risk of, ard, venture; "to sew by pa ing the needle through cloth back and forth in a continuous line. — of running; that which runs; a method or running; mode of conduct or procedure; state ing current; currency; prevalence; a small stream; brook; creek; a pre ure on a bank or treasury payment of its notes. — Run'ner, n. One who which runs; a racer; one who solicits custom for hotels, steamboats,etc; one of the curved pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides. {Bot.) A slender branch running along the Runners, ground, and forming roots and a yount plant. at its extremity. 370