"kerfuffle" meaning in All languages combined

See kerfuffle on Wiktionary

Noun [英语]

IPA: /kəˈfʌfəl/, /kɚˈfʌfəl/ Audio: en-us-kerfuffle.ogg , en-au-kerfuffle.ogg Forms: kerfuffles [plural]
Etymology: 可能源自低地蘇格蘭語 curfuffle,等价于ker- + fuffle,或与愛爾蘭語 cíor thuathail (“困惑”)有关。类似现代威爾士語 cythrwfl (“麻烦,动乱”)
  1. 混乱,吵闹,骚动 [自19世纪] Tags: informal
    Sense id: zh-kerfuffle-en-noun-JQ5QYeSj Categories (other): 有引文的英語詞, 英聯邦英語, 英語引文翻譯請求, 英語非正式用語
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kerfluff, kerfuffly
Categories (other): 含有前綴ker-的英語詞, 有1個詞條的頁面, 有詞條的頁面, 派生自低地蘇格蘭語的英語詞, 英語可數名詞, 英語名詞, 英語詞元 Synonyms: cufuffle, cuffuffle, curfuffle, gefuffle, kafuffle, kerfluff, kerfluffle, kurfuffle, fuffle Synonyms (混乱,吵闹,骚动 [自19世纪]): brouhaha, donnybrook, fracas, hubbub, hullabaloo, mess, racket

Verb [英语]

IPA: /kəˈfʌfəl/, /kɚˈfʌfəl/ Audio: en-us-kerfuffle.ogg , en-au-kerfuffle.ogg Forms: kerfuffles, kerfuffling, kerfuffled
Etymology: 可能源自低地蘇格蘭語 curfuffle,等价于ker- + fuffle,或与愛爾蘭語 cíor thuathail (“困惑”)有关。类似现代威爾士語 cythrwfl (“麻烦,动乱”)
  1. 造成混乱 Tags: informal
    Sense id: zh-kerfuffle-en-verb-HxDkYGIg Categories (other): 愛爾蘭英語, 英國英語, 英聯邦英語, 英語非正式用語
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cufuffle, cuffuffle, curfuffle, gefuffle, kafuffle, kerfluff, kerfluffle, kurfuffle, fuffle
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          "text": "There's been a bit of a kerfuffle the past couple days over something Sarah Palin said about Paul Revere."
        },
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          "ref": "2023年May28日, Nadia Asparouhova, “Remembering GitHub's Office, a Monument to Tech Culture”, 出自 Wired, →ISSN:",
          "text": "The debate seemed innocuous—a minor kerfuffle, but nothing that couldn’t be resolved and moved on from."
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      "word": "kerfluffle"
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      "word": "kerfluffle"
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          "text": "There's been a bit of a kerfuffle the past couple days over something Sarah Palin said about Paul Revere."
        },
        {
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          "text": "The debate seemed innocuous—a minor kerfuffle, but nothing that couldn’t be resolved and moved on from."
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      "ipa": "/kəˈfʌfəl/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɚˈfʌfəl/"
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    },
    {
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    {
      "word": "kerfluff"
    },
    {
      "word": "kerfluffle"
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    {
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    {
      "sense": "混乱,吵闹,骚动 [自19世纪]",
      "word": "donnybrook"
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    {
      "sense": "混乱,吵闹,骚动 [自19世纪]",
      "word": "fracas"
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      "word": "hubbub"
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