Definitions for kerfuffle

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle(noun)

    a disorderly outburst or tumult

    "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"

Wiktionary

  1. kerfuffle(Noun)

    A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion or tumult.

  2. Origin: Probably from curfuffle, equivalent to , or related to cior thual. Similar to modern cythrwfl


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