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kerfuffle

noun
/kəˈfʌfəl/UK/kɚˈfʌfəl/US

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”)

  1. derived from curfuffle

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. To make a disorderly outburst or commotion.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA