kerfuffle
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Definition of kerfuffle
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(Commonwealth, informal)A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult.
“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[…]”
“There's been a bit of a kerfuffle the past couple days over something Sarah Palin said about Paul Revere.”
“The debate seemed innocuous—a minor kerfuffle, but nothing that couldn’t be resolved and moved on from.”
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noun
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(Commonwealth, informal)A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult.
“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[…]”
“There's been a bit of a kerfuffle the past couple days over something Sarah Palin said about Paul Revere.”
“The debate seemed innocuous—a minor kerfuffle, but nothing that couldn’t be resolved and moved on from.”
verb
- (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal, transitive)To make a disorderly outburst or commotion.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
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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