kerfuffle

kerfuffle, carfuffle, kurfuffle [kəˈfʌf^əl]

n

Informal chiefly Brit commotion; disorder; agitation

vb

(tr) Scot to put into disorder or disarray; ruffle or disarrange

[from Scottish curfuffle, carfuffle, from Scottish Gaelic car twist, turn + fuffle to disarrange]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

kerfuffle - a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" commotion, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, to-do, disruption, disturbance, flutter disorder - a disturbance of the peace or of public order turmoil, upheaval, convulsion - a violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market" earthquake - a disturbance that is extremely disruptive; "selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees" incident - a public disturbance; "the police investigated an incident at the bus station" stir, splash - a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; "he made a great splash and then disappeared" tempest, storm - a violent commotion or disturbance; "the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was only a tempest in a teapot" storm center, storm centre - a center of trouble or disturbance garboil, tumult, tumultuousness, uproar - a state of commotion and noise and confusion

Translations

kerfuffle [kəˈfʌfl] N (Brit) → jaleo m, follón m (Sp)

kerfuffle

n (Brit inf) (= noise) → Lärm m, → Gedöns nt (inf); (= fight) → Balgerei f (inf); (= trouble) → Theater nt (inf)

kerfuffle [kəˈfʌfl] n (Brit) → bagarre f inv