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commotion
/ kəˈməʊʃən /
noun
- violent disturbance; upheaval
- political insurrection; disorder
- a confused noise; din
Derived Forms
- comˈmotional, adjective
Other Words From
- com·motion·al adjective
- com·motive adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of commotion1
Word History and Origins
Origin of commotion1
Idioms and Phrases
see cause a commotion .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He told the jury he managed to break free of the officer and had a look into the kitchen after hearing the commotion.
Once the commotion ceased, the loader and Mr Diriye picked up their dead colleague from the front seat and put him in the back of the truck.
Some passersby paused to check out the commotion, perhaps waiting to see if the unconscious man would make it.
Referees whistle above the commotion, dramatically slapping the floor after a takedown.
No one knows what Everett Titterington would have said about all the commotion.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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