kerfuffle
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kerfuffle
- /kəˈfʌfəl/ UK
- /kɚˈfʌfəl/ US
Rhymes with -ʌfəl
Where it comes from
Probably from Scots curfuffle, equivalent to ker- + fuffle, or related to Irish cíor thuathail (“confusion, bewilderment”). Similar to modern Welsh cythrwfl (“uproar, trouble, agitation”)
noun kerfuffles · cufuffle · cuffuffle · curfuffle · gefuffle · kafuffle
- 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[…]
verb kerfuffles · kerfuffling · kerfuffled · cufuffle · cuffuffle
- To make a disorderly outburst or commotion.
