See kerfuffle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌfəl"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cufuffle"
},
{
"word": "cuffuffle"
},
{
"word": "curfuffle"
},
{
"word": "gefuffle"
},
{
"word": "kafuffle"
},
{
"word": "kerfluff"
},
{
"word": "kerfluffle"
},
{
"word": "kurfuffle"
},
{
"alt": "by apheresis",
"word": "fuffle"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sumatoha",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "суматоха"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aldarull"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "commoció"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"word": "混亂"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hùnluàn",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"word": "混乱"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"word": "動亂"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dòngluàn",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"word": "动乱"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"word": "鬧騰"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nàoteng",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"word": "闹腾"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"word": "吵鬧"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chǎonào",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"word": "吵闹"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "povyk"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rámus"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mela"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tahanice"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"word": "tumult"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ófriður"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "rok"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"word": "hälinä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"word": "hässäkkä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "désordre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tumulte"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brouhaha"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wirbel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Aufruhr"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Theater"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Durcheinander"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bafafá"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "distúrbio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tumulto"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sumatóxa",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сумато́ха"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"word": "disturbio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "descalzaperros"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ståhej"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "disorderly outburst",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "uppståndelse"
}
],
"word": "kerfuffle"
}
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"Rhymes:English/ʌfəl",
"Rhymes:English/ʌfəl/3 syllables",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Faroese translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations"
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"args": {
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"2": "sco",
"3": "curfuffle"
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"name": "der"
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"1": "en",
"2": "ker",
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"name": "prefix"
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{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "cíor thuathail",
"t": "confusion, bewilderment"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "cythrwfl",
"3": "",
"4": "uproar, trouble, agitation"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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{
"form": "kerfuffles",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kerfuffling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "kerfuffled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "kerfuffled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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],
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"British English",
"Commonwealth English",
"English informal terms",
"Irish English"
],
"glosses": [
"To make a disorderly outburst or commotion."
],
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[
"disorderly",
"disorderly"
],
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"outburst",
"outburst"
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"commotion",
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"(chiefly Ireland, UK, Commonwealth, informal) To make a disorderly outburst or commotion."
],
"tags": [
"Commonwealth",
"Ireland",
"UK",
"informal"
]
}
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"ipa": "/kəˈfʌfəl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɚˈfʌfəl/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f3/En-us-kerfuffle.ogg/En-us-kerfuffle.ogg.mp3",
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},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/En-au-kerfuffle.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌfəl"
}
],
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{
"word": "cufuffle"
},
{
"word": "cuffuffle"
},
{
"word": "curfuffle"
},
{
"word": "gefuffle"
},
{
"word": "kafuffle"
},
{
"word": "kerfluff"
},
{
"word": "kerfluffle"
},
{
"word": "kurfuffle"
},
{
"alt": "by apheresis",
"word": "fuffle"
}
],
"word": "kerfuffle"
}
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