kerfuffle
Chiefly British Informal. a fuss; commotion.
Origin of kerfuffle
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How to use kerfuffle in a sentence
This comment kicked up a kerfuffle online that even had Auriemma’s daughter weighing in on Twitter, urging her father to walk his remark back.
Title IX Gave Women More Chances To Coach In College. But It Gave Even More Opportunities To Men. | Dvora Meyers | June 23, 2022 | FiveThirtyEightThe international kerfuffle began organically enough, when photos surfaced online Wednesday night of a masked Cruz and his wife, Heidi Cruz, at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, waiting at a gate to board a flight to Cancun.
One night in Cancun: Ted Cruz’s disastrous decision to go on vacation during Texas storm crisis | Ashley Parker | February 19, 2021 | Washington PostThe kerfuffle began with a £200 bet, followed by several smaller bets in quick succession.
The only person this entirely unneccesary kerfuffle harms is Kate Middleton herself.
Kate Middleton's History of Flesh-Flashing Wardrobe Malfunctions | Tom Sykes | May 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe entire kerfuffle shows the straits that House Republicans are in on immigration reform.
Even a Path to Citizenship for Military Volunteers Is Too Much for House Republicans | Ben Jacobs | April 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Hitchcock decided to abandon his adaptation of Hamlet to avoid any legal kerfuffle.
Doomed Passion Projects of Hollywood: The Lost Classics of Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, and More | Marlow Stern | March 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat's the goofiest part about the kerfuffle: It's not a theoretical discussion.
British Dictionary definitions for kerfuffle
carfuffle or kurfuffle
/ (kəˈfʌfəl) /
informal, mainly British commotion; disorder; agitation
(tr) Scot to put into disorder or disarray; ruffle or disarrange
Origin of kerfuffle
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