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noun
A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, informal
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Synonyms: brouhaha, donnybrook, fracas, hubbub, hullabaloo, mess, racket
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To make a disorderly outburst or commotion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a disorderly outburst or tumult
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disorder
Narrower terms: convulsion, turmoil, upheaval, earthquake, incident, stir, splash, storm, tempest, storm center, storm centre, tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboil
History
Probably from Scots curfuffle, equivalent to ker- + fuffle, or related to Irish cíor thuathail (“confusion, bewilderment”). Similar to modern Welsh cythrwfl (“uproar, trouble, agitation”)
Across languages
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
