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Kerfuffle

//kəˈfʌfəl// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult. Commonwealth, informal

    "You know all this kerfuffle about Jordan and Peter Andre, and how you don’t know if they’re really splitting up or it’s just an act[…]"

  2. 2
    a disorderly outburst or tumult wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To make a disorderly outburst or commotion. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Probably from Scots curfuffle, equivalent to ker- + fuffle, or related to Irish cíor thuathail (“confusion, bewilderment”). Similar to modern Welsh cythrwfl (“uproar, trouble, agitation”)

Etymology 2

Probably from Scots curfuffle, equivalent to ker- + fuffle, or related to Irish cíor thuathail (“confusion, bewilderment”). Similar to modern Welsh cythrwfl (“uproar, trouble, agitation”)

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