commotion
noun/kəˈməʊʃn/
/kəˈməʊʃn/
[countable, usually singular, uncountable]- sudden noisy and confused activity or excitement
- I heard a commotion and went to see what was happening.
- The crowd waiting outside was causing a commotion.
- What's all the commotion about?
Extra Examples- The dogs set up a terrible commotion as we came near the house.
- The people upstairs were making a great commotion.
- She waited until the commotion died down.
- There was lots of shouting and commotion.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- great
- huge
- …
- cause
- make
- hear
- …
- break out
- erupt
- die down
- …
- in a/the commotion
- commotion about
- commotion over
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin commotio(n-), from com- ‘altogether’ + motio, from movere ‘to move’.Definitions on the go
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