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kerfuffle

[ ker-fuhf-uhl ]

noun

  1. Informal. a fuss; commotion.


kerfuffle

/ kəˈfʌfəl /

noun

  1. informal.
    commotion; disorder; agitation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to put into disorder or disarray; ruffle or disarrange
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kerfuffle1

First recorded in 1945–50; from Scots curfuffle, from cur- (from Scottish Gaelic car “a turn,” from Old Irish cor ) + fuffle “to disorder, confuse” (of imitative origin)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kerfuffle1

from Scottish curfuffle, carfuffle, from Scottish Gaelic car twist, turn + fuffle to disarrange
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Example Sentences

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.

The 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.

The 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.

The entire kerfuffle shows the straits that House Republicans are in on immigration reform.

Hitchcock decided to abandon his adaptation of Hamlet to avoid any legal kerfuffle.

That's the goofiest part about the kerfuffle: It's not a theoretical discussion.

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