convulsion   (Sound)

The noun convulsion has 4 senses

• paroxysm, fit, convulsion -- (a sudden uncontrollable attack; "a paroxysm of giggling"; "a fit of coughing"; "convulsions of laughter")


• convulsion -- (violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles)


• convulsion, turmoil, upheaval -- (a violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market")


• convulsion -- (a physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval)