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kerfuffle
ker·fuf·fle K5040650 (kûr-fŭf′əl)n. Informal A to-do or fuss: "Among the oldest corpses from which readable DNA has been extracted is a Neanderthal man. Imagine the kerfuffle if somebody managed to clone him" (Richard Dawkins).
[Scots, variant of curfuffle : cur-, intensive pref. (from Scots Gaelic car, twist, turn about, from Old Irish cor, a turn; see sker- in Indo-European roots) + fuffle, put into disorder (of imitative origin).]kerfuffle (kəˈfʌfəl) , carfuffle or kurfuffleninformal chiefly Brit commotion; disorder; agitationvb (tr) Scot to put into disorder or disarray; ruffle or disarrange[from Scottish curfuffle, carfuffle, from Scottish Gaelic car twist, turn + fuffle to disarrange]kerfuffle
Past participle: kerfuffled
Gerund: kerfuffling
| Imperative |
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| kerfuffle | | kerfuffle |
| Present |
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| I kerfuffle | | you kerfuffle | | he/she/it kerfuffles | | we kerfuffle | | you kerfuffle | | they kerfuffle |
| Preterite |
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| I kerfuffled | | you kerfuffled | | he/she/it kerfuffled | | we kerfuffled | | you kerfuffled | | they kerfuffled |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am kerfuffling | | you are kerfuffling | | he/she/it is kerfuffling | | we are kerfuffling | | you are kerfuffling | | they are kerfuffling |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have kerfuffled | | you have kerfuffled | | he/she/it has kerfuffled | | we have kerfuffled | | you have kerfuffled | | they have kerfuffled |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was kerfuffling | | you were kerfuffling | | he/she/it was kerfuffling | | we were kerfuffling | | you were kerfuffling | | they were kerfuffling |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had kerfuffled | | you had kerfuffled | | he/she/it had kerfuffled | | we had kerfuffled | | you had kerfuffled | | they had kerfuffled |
| Future |
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| I will kerfuffle | | you will kerfuffle | | he/she/it will kerfuffle | | we will kerfuffle | | you will kerfuffle | | they will kerfuffle |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have kerfuffled | | you will have kerfuffled | | he/she/it will have kerfuffled | | we will have kerfuffled | | you will have kerfuffled | | they will have kerfuffled |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be kerfuffling | | you will be kerfuffling | | he/she/it will be kerfuffling | | we will be kerfuffling | | you will be kerfuffling | | they will be kerfuffling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been kerfuffling | | you have been kerfuffling | | he/she/it has been kerfuffling | | we have been kerfuffling | | you have been kerfuffling | | they have been kerfuffling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been kerfuffling | | you will have been kerfuffling | | he/she/it will have been kerfuffling | | we will have been kerfuffling | | you will have been kerfuffling | | they will have been kerfuffling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been kerfuffling | | you had been kerfuffling | | he/she/it had been kerfuffling | | we had been kerfuffling | | you had been kerfuffling | | they had been kerfuffling |
| Conditional |
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| I would kerfuffle | | you would kerfuffle | | he/she/it would kerfuffle | | we would kerfuffle | | you would kerfuffle | | they would kerfuffle |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have kerfuffled | | you would have kerfuffled | | he/she/it would have kerfuffled | | we would have kerfuffled | | you would have kerfuffled | | they would have kerfuffled |
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, flutterdisorder - a disturbance of the peace or of public orderturmoil, 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 disturbancegarboil, tumult, tumultuousness, uproar - a state of commotion and noise and confusion |
Translationskerfuffle
Synonyms for kerfufflenoun a disorderly outburst or tumultSynonyms- commotion
- hoo-ha
- hoo-hah
- hurly burly
- to-do
- disruption
- disturbance
- flutter
Related Words- disorder
- turmoil
- upheaval
- convulsion
- earthquake
- incident
- stir
- splash
- tempest
- storm
- storm center
- storm centre
- garboil
- tumult
- tumultuousness
- uproar
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