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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
commotion
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
civil
▪ Please also note General Exclusion 7b - no cover is provided for loss or damage caused by riots or civil commotion.
▪ Missed departure Strike, riot or civil commotion in respect of which a warning has been given prior to the date this insurance is purchased.
■ VERB
cause
▪ They stood in a tight bunch and craned their necks to see what was causing the commotion.
▪ Somebody else might have started a fight or caused a commotion.
▪ The recipe which was causing a minor commotion was for a lobster set ablaze with whisky.
▪ M., we were awakened by a large racket and went outside to see what was causing the commotion.
▪ Scared pelicans flapped away, and Ellen came up from the galley to see what had caused the commotion.
hear
▪ At four o'clock one afternoon he heard a commotion on the landing outside, and his door was flung open.
▪ A neighbor calls the police after hearing the commotion of two individuals prying open a window.
▪ Professor Cousins put his head round the door. ` I heard a commotion.
▪ Some time later, Brenda was cooking dinner when she heard a commotion in the street.
▪ From the hall behind them they could hear the commotion as their comrades and the invaders fought hand to hand.
▪ We had gone about forty feet or more when we heard a commotion and saw dark figures coming out of the station.
▪ I heard a great commotion in the hallway.
▪ By this time the adults had heard the commotion and were at the windows too.
see
▪ Sergeant laughed to see the commotion he'd caused.
▪ Half way through a number I've seen a commotion going on and it's Mum, trying to climb the barriers.
▪ Mrs Tibbs looked out from behind the tall mirror she was carrying to see what the commotion was.
▪ They look up from their table to see what all the commotion is about, and then continue to eat.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
set up a commotion/din/racket etc
▪ Crickets set up a racket in trees out in the yard.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I heard a commotion outside.
▪ Suddenly the whole street was in commotion.
▪ Suddenly there was a commotion by the front door, and two police officers marched in.
▪ We heard a commotion downstairs and ran down to see what was happening.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A right commotion was taking place.
▪ After a commotion, a wait and another commotion, my father appeared in the window above us.
▪ And it was true, she was finding breathing increasingly difficult, thanks to the wild commotion in her heart.
▪ As usual he brought with him a collection of friends and a lot of commotion.
▪ Suddenly there was a commotion behind me.
▪ There is a commotion behind me, some one motions him to leave, there is a brief scuffle and he is gone.
▪ They kept quite still, although all the commotion of the station swirled around them.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Commotion

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
commotion

late 14c., from Middle French commocion "violent motion, agitation" (12c., Modern French commotion), from Latin commotionem (nominative commotio) "violent motion, agitation," noun of action from past participle stem of commovere "to move, disturb," from com- "together," or "thoroughly" (see com-) + movere "to move" (see move (v.)).

Wiktionary
commotion

n. 1 A state of turbulent motion. 2 An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.

WordNet
commotion

  1. n. a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: disturbance, disruption, stir, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle]

  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]

Wikipedia
Commotion

Commotion may refer to:

  • Commotion (animation) - an animation and visual effects application
  • Commotion (horse) - a thoroughbred racehorse
  • Commotion Wireless - an open-source wireless mesh network
  • "Commotion" (song), a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival on the 1969 album Green River
Commotion (horse)

Commotion (1938 – 1960) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who raced during World War II and was best known for winning the classic Oaks Stakes in 1941. After racing over sprint distances, she was stepped up in distance the substitute "New Oaks" over one and a half miles at Newmarket Racecourse. On her next appearance she won the Falmouth Stakes and was then retired from racing. She later became a very successful broodmare.

Commotion (animation)

Commotion is a visual effects application, originally released by Puffin Designs. Puffin Designs was founded by Scott Squires (Visual Effects Supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic) and Forest Key to market Commotion.

Commotion set a high standard for a rotoscoping application, introducing rotosplines and offering features like motion tracking and motion blurring for masks. It was the first desktop application to allow real-time playback of full quality video clips from RAM.

Puffin Designs was later acquired by Pinnacle in 2000. After another release, Pinnacle let the program languish. Pinnacle has since been acquired by Avid, who shows no signs of reviving the product.

The last release was version 4.1.

Apple Computer briefly bundled a limited version of the program with Final Cut Pro.

Usage examples of "commotion".

Besides this commotion, plus being excited at seeing real live hillbilly stars such as Country Boy Eddie and his sidekick Butter Bean in person, was it any wonder that nurse Ethylene Buck was all atwitter that night?

Ayla was sewing the finishing beadwork onto the white leather tunic when she heard a commotion from the Fox Hearth.

His eyes closed just as, at long last, a sudden commotion belowstairs announced the arrival of Thomas with Mr.

They made their cautious way toward the bridgeway with Reacher and the prowlers afoot, eliminating the occasional sentry without commotion.

They reached the cabins just as some kind of commotion started down by the jetty: shouting, the splash of something heavy falling into the river.

During this commotion among the Cameronians, the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow were filled with tumults.

The commotion begins at the highest limits of the cirri, and even at greater elevations.

Foss here heard the commotion in town, and we decided to come out here and have a look-see.

Luthien heard a commotion behind him, just around the bend, and knew that the closest cyclopian had gone down.

An enterprising demimondaine began taking bets in the hallway from the men and girls who had flooded the stairs to view the commotion.

Then all was shouting and commotion as Bakkat spurred forward from beside her, and raced to where Jim stood, dragging Drumfire on the lead rein after him.

He was halfway through enciphering it when there was a commotion in the yard outside as a fine coach rolled in.

In commotion, voicing their displeasure, the last stragglers entered the room in a cloud of ambiguous smoke, the heavy jade-inlaid doors swung shut and were locked, the houselights were dimmed, the music track segued to romantic disco, the comic took the mike, and the auction was on.

As a resident of Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada, an aluminum smelter town just south of the Alaska Panhandle, I was quite directly aware of the Amchitka commotion.

Suddenly there was a commotion in Room C, and the monkeys in that room burst out in wild screeches.