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kerfluff

kerfluff noun: synonym of kerfuffle.

Noun

kerfluff (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, uncommon) Synonym of kerfuffle.
    • After a fine record of doing chores up North, conscientious Roly and Poly fall out of Santa's sled on Christmas Eve and land ""kerfluff"" in snowy wilds.1952, Dorothy Sherrill, The Santa Claus Bears
    • And a tough neighborhood, it was, too. irate Mars, and sexually explicit Venus, the kerfluff of a moody moon, and self-important stars.2016, D. S. Martin, The Turning Aside, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    kerfuffle

Synonyms of kerfluff

Origin of kerfluff

Alteration of kerfuffle, possibly influenced by fluff.

Questions about kerfluff

What does kerfluff mean?
Kerfluff means synonym of kerfuffle.
What part of speech is kerfluff?
Kerfluff is a noun.

Words near kerfluff in the dictionary

  1. kerflap
  2. kerflewie
  3. kerflewy
  4. kerflooey
  5. kerflop
  6. kerfluff
  7. kerfluffle
  8. kerfluffles
  9. kerflumixed
  10. kerflummox
  11. kerflummoxed

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