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Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor.

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  1. n. Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor.
  2. v. t. To throw into uproar or confusion.
  3. v. i. To make an uproar.
  4. n. a state of commotion and noise and confusion
  5. n. loud confused noise from many sources
  6. Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor. But the Jews which believed not, . . . set all the city on an uproar. Acts xvii. 5. To throw into uproar or confusion. [Obs.] "Uproar the universal peace." Shak. To make an uproar. [R.] Carlyle.
  7. Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion;bustle and clamor.But the Jews which believed not, . . . set all the city on an uproar.Acts xvii. 5.
  8. n:100 n a state of commotion and noise and confusion n loud confused noise from many sources