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com·mo·tion

commotion

 
 
pronunciation:
k mo shn
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part of speech: noun
definition: When there is commotion, something is happening and there is noisy activity and excitement. Sometimes there is commotion when something good just happened and people start celebrating in a crazy and noisy way, but often there is commotion when people are suddenly afraid or angry. They may be fighting, yelling, pushing at each other, or breaking things.
Someone yelled "Fire!" and it started a great commotion with people screaming and trying to get out of the building.Mr. Brown was asleep when he heard a commotion outside. He thought it was robbers, but actually it was a bear that knocked over his garbage cans.
similar words:
stir, storm
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