KERFUFFLE


Meaning of KERFUFFLE in English

[ kə'fʌf(ə)l ]

■ noun Brit. informal a commotion or fuss.

Origin

C19: perh. from Scots curfuffle (prob. from Sc. Gaelic car 'twist, bend' + imitative Scots fuffle 'to disorder'), or related to Ir. cior thual 'confusion, disorder'.

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