Definition of KERFUFFLE (chiefly British) : disturbance, fuss
Origin of KERFUFFLE alteration of carfuffle, from Scots car-
(probably from Scottish Gaelic cearr wrong, awkward) + fuffle to
become disheveled First Known Use: 1946
Related to KERFUFFLE Synonyms: ado, alarums and excursions,
ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter,
clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, corroboree [Australian],
disturbance, do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, furore,
fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble,
hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry,
hurry-scurry (or hurry-skurry), commotion [chiefly British], moil,
pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore
[Scottish], squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil,
uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo