All 7 Uses

tumult
in
The Invisible Man, by Wells
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...and, coming round the corner to join the tumult, was promptly knocked off his feet into...
Chpt 12 *

tumult = confusion or disorder (often noisy)
Then came a ringing and knocking at the front door, that grew at last tumultuous,
Chpt 27 *

tumultuous = loud disorderly noise
They saw Mrs. Hall fall down and Mr. Teddy Henfrey jump to avoid tumbling over her, and then they heard the frightful screams of Millie, who, emerging suddenly from the kitchen at the noise of the tumult, had come upon the headless stranger from behind.†
Chpt 7
Simultaneously came a tumult from the parlour, and a sound of windows being closed.†
Chpt 12
You must figure the tumult suddenly striking on the unstable equilibrium of old Fletcher's planks and two chairs—with cataclysmic results.†
Chpt 12
And then the whole tumultuous rush has passed and the Iping street with its gauds and flags is deserted save for the still raging unseen, and littered with cocoanuts, overthrown canvas screens, and the scattered stock in trade of a sweetstuff stall.†
Chpt 12
Out he shot into Hill Street again, three hundred yards from the tram-line end, and immediately he became aware of a tumultuous vociferation and running people.†
Chpt 28

Definitions:

(1) (tumult as in: couldn't hear over the tumult)
loud noise -- usually created by an unrestrained crowd or some kind of confusion
(2) (tumult as in: tumult in financial markets)
confusion or disorder
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)