Hypertext Webster Gateway: "commotion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Commotion \Com*mo"tion\, n. [L. commotio: cf. F. commotion. See
{Motion}.]
1. Disturbed or violent motion; agitation.
[What] commotion in the winds ! --Shak.
2. A popular tumult; public disturbance; riot.
When ye shall hear of wars and commotions. --Luke
xxi. 9.
3. Agitation, perturbation, or disorder, of mind; heat;
excitement. ``He could not debate anything without some
commotion.'' --Clarendon.
Syn: Excitement; agitation; perturbation; disturbance;
tumult; disorder; violence.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
commotion
n 1: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the
furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: {disturbance},
{disruption}, {turmoil}, {stir}, {flutter}, {hurly
burly}, {to-do}]
2: the act of making a noisy disturbance [syn: {din}, {ruction},
{ruckus}, {rumpus}, {tumult}]
3: confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a
commotion of people fought for the exits" [syn: {whirl}]
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