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Meaning of kerfuffle in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /kərˈfəfəl/

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  1. Noun

    kerfuffle

    Etymology

    early 19th century: perhaps from Scots curfuffle (probably from Scottish Gaelic car‘twist, bend’ + imitative Scots fuffle ‘to disorder’), or related to Irish cior thual‘confusion, disorder’

    Definitions

    1. a disorderly outburst or tumult

    Examples

    • « they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused »

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