Kerfuffle meaning

kûr-fŭf'əl
The definition of a kerfuffle is a British word for a state of confusion or disorder.

An example of a kerfuffle is rushing around to find important papers before a big presentation.

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A to-do or fuss.
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Disorder; uproar; confusion.
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Origin of kerfuffle

Scots variant of curfuffle cur- intensive pref. (from Scots Gaelic car twist, turn about) (from Old Irish cor a turn sker-2 in Indo-European roots) fuffle put into disorder (of imitative origin)

Sentence Examples

  • There was a minor kerfuffle as the kids tried to find their way out.

  • I do not expect the current kerfuffle to be much shorter.

  • He was jerked out of his reverie by a sudden kerfuffle on the far side of the nearest trees.

  • kerfuffle over the so-called Origami project, a rumored portable media and computing device supposedly about to be revealed by Microsof.. .

  • Unsurprisingly, this caused a kerfuffle in the church!

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