Definitions for kerfuffle

kerfuffle ker·fuf·fle

Spelling: [ker-fuhf-uh l]
IPA: /kərˈfʌf əl/

Kerfuffle is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in kerfuffle (eefffklru).

Definitions for kerfuffle

noun

  1. Chiefly British Informal. a fuss; commotion.

Origin of kerfuffle

1945-50; Scots curfuffle cur- (Scots Gaelic car ‘to twist, turn’ Old Irish cor ‘a turn’) + fuffle ‘to disorder, confuse’ (of imitative origin)

Examples for kerfuffle

The Academy's honorary Oscar for anti-Semitic French director Jean-Luc Godard is more than a kerfuffle—it's an outrage.

Despite the new policies, there was already a kerfuffle over invitations to two of the White House press parties last week.

There's nothing an Old Etonian abhors more than a kerfuffle, or any major effortfulness.

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

My July 13 post, “New Ice Age ‘Imminent,’ Says Government Official,” caused quite the kerfuffle.

The most interesting thing about Rice has been the kerfuffle over her move to become secretary of state.

Had one been expecting a kerfuffle, one would have been most disappointed.

The kerfuffle began with a £200 bet, followed by several smaller bets in quick succession.

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