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Webster 1913 Edition
Commotion
1.
Disturbed or violent motion; agitation.
[What]
commotion
in the winds ! Shakespeare
2.
A popular tumult; public disturbance; riot.
When ye shall hear of wars and
commotions
. Luke xxi. 9.
Syn. – Excitement; agitation; perturbation; disturbance; tumult; disorder; violence.
Webster 1828 Edition
Commotion
COMMOTION
, n.1.
Agitation; as the commotion of the sea.2.
Tumult of people; disturbance; disorder, which may amount at times to sedition or insurrection; as the commotions of a state.When ye hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified. Luke 21.
3.
Agitation; perturbation; disorder of mind; heat; excitement.He could not debate without commotion.
Definition 2024
commotion
commotion
English
Noun
commotion (plural commotions)
- A state of turbulent motion.
- An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess:
- When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.
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- (euphemistic) Sexual excitement.
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Part 3
- and now, glancing my eyes towards that part of his dress which cover'd the essential object of enjoyment, I plainly discover'd the swell and commotion there
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Part 3
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Synonyms
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Translations
state of turbulent motion
agitated disturbance or a hubbub
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