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kefuffle

kefuffle is the alternative form of kerfuffle.

Meaning of kerfuffle

Noun

kerfuffle (plural kerfuffles)

  1. (Commonwealth, informal) A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult.
    • You know all this kerfuffle about Jordan and Peter Andre, and how you don’t know if they’re really splitting up or it’s just an act[…]2009 May 22, Stuart Heritage, “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 15 Apr 2024

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Forms of kefuffle

pluralkefuffles

Questions about kefuffle

What is kefuffle the alternative form of?
Kefuffle is the alternative form of kerfuffle.

Words near kefuffle in the dictionary

  1. Keflavik
  2. keftedes
  3. Keftian
  4. Keftians
  5. Keftiu
  6. kefuffle
  7. kefuffles
  8. kefyr
  9. kefyrs
  10. keg
  11. keg beer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kefuffle (page history and authors); kerfuffle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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