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Take no thanks, upset about following commotion
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kerfuffle
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion or tumult.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: disturbance , disruption , commotion , stir , flutter , hurly burly , to-do , hoo-ha , hoo-hah ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"row, disturbance," 1973, said to have been used c.1930 in Canadian English, ultimately from Scottish curfuffle .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Kerfuffle were a four-piece English folk band, originally formed in 2001 around the East Midlands and South Yorkshire regions of the UK , initially comprising Hannah James (accordion, piano, vocals, step dancing ), Sam Sweeney (fiddle, percussion), Chris ...
Usage examples of kerfuffle.
How do we know that Sheila Hanratty actually went anywhere after her kerfuffle with Tidy Howard?
Suddenly there was a great kerfuffle, and they emerged from a nearby avenue.
Fortunately Helena was waiting for me quietly in the hall, so she came out in response to the kerfuffle, already aboard her chair.
Rusty Kerfuffle stood on a plastic tarp in an elegant downtown office.
But instead, Rusty Kerfuffle, who was not a hero and had not been a very nice man, pulled something from his pocket.
Rusty Kerfuffle, doggedly ignoring the trees and flowers and folding chairs and cameras, doggedly ignoring the knowledge that his beloved paperweight was in his pocket, moved toward the podium, dragging the unwanted corpses with him.
Spike had caused so much kerfuffle at Harrow Road and elsewhere that the boys of the Met, who thought the world of him he had done many charity concerts for them had put the word out to every station to keep an eye open for his trumpet.
Then, with a single word, he dismissed the Bulb of Silence and was received eagerly by an ocean of noise, kerfuffle, and excited speculation.
Despite the embarrassing security kerfuffle, they had arrived almost exactly at the appointed time.