Both Uses of
commotion
in
The Great Gatsby
- There were the same people, or at least the same sort of people, the same profusion of champagne, the same many-colored, many-keyed commotion, but I felt an unpleasantness in the air, a pervading harshness that hadn't been there before.†
p. 104.2 *commotion = noisy disturbance
- I'll see if there's any sign of a commotion.†
p. 144.7
Definition:
a disturbance -- typically noisy