commotion

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

com·mo·tion [commotion commotions] BrE [kəˈməʊʃn] NAmE [kəˈmoʊʃn] noun countable, usually singular, uncountable
sudden noisy confusion or excitement
•I heard a commotion and went to see what was happening.
•The crowd waiting outside was causing a commotion.

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin commotio(n-), from com- ‘altogether’ motio, from movere ‘to move’.

Example Bank:
•The dogs set up a terrible commotion as we came near the house.
•The people upstairs were making a great commotion.
•What's all the commotion about?
•I heard a commotion upstairs and went to see what was happening.
•She waited until the commotion died down.
•There was lots of shouting and commotion.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  whirl, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult, disturbance, disruption, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle