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(obsolete, intransitive) To stammer.
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(intransitive) To complain.
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(archaic, intransitive, West Country) To be in a distressed state of mind.
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To speak or protest loudly.
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(dated) A squabble; a tumult; a noisy disturbance.
n
(obsolete) One who breeds or originates quarrels.
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Alternative form of brulzie [(Scotland) A loud argument or dispute.]
n
Alternative form of brulzie [(Scotland) A loud argument or dispute.]
n
(obsolete or dialect) A bristle.
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(archaic, transitive) To intimidate by bullying; to rally contemptuously; to badger.
adj
(informal, of clothes, upholstery, etc.) Featuring discordant colours or patterns.
adj
Associated with commotion.
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Alternative spelling of kerfuffle [(chiefly Commonwealth, informal) A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult. [from 19th c.]]
n
Alternative spelling of kerfuffle [(chiefly Commonwealth, informal) A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult. [from 19th c.]]
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Alternative form of kerfuffle [(chiefly Britain, informal) To make a disorderly outburst or commotion.]
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(obsolete) chiding; brawl
n
A brawl or fracas; a scene of chaos.
n
A noisy assemblage; a meeting that is little more than a chaotic riot.
n
(archaic) noise, uproar, clamor
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(intransitive, archaic) To utter abusive language; to sneer.
v
(intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
v
(Ireland, intransitive) To bustle about in a purposeless way; fidget.
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Apheretic form of kerfuffle.
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A complaint or noise; a scene.
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(Ireland) To fumble; to work clumsily.
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Alternative form of kerfuffle [(chiefly Commonwealth, informal) A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult. [from 19th c.]]
v
(idiomatic, Britain) To give someone a cold reception; to close the door on someone; to reject them.
n
(idiomatic, sometimes hyphenated (especially when used attributively)) An honest, reflective appraisal of one's true feelings concerning a matter of concern.
v
(transitive) To nag about; to complain incessantly or persistently request; to continue to bring up as a point of contention.
v
(informal, idiomatic) To dwell on a single subject with disagreeable or wearisome persistence.
v
(transitive) To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses.
v
To mumble and procrastinate in one's speech, especially with a reply to a hard question or with voicing a decision on a topical matter; to evade a question, giving vague answers; to equivocate or temporize.
n
(obsolete) noise; confusion; uproar
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Alternative spelling of hurlyburly [(archaic) A noisy and disorderly tumult and confusion, especially as of battle.]
n
(archaic) A noisy and disorderly tumult and confusion, especially as of battle.
n
Alternative spelling of kerfuffle [(chiefly Commonwealth, informal) A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult. [from 19th c.]]
n
Alternative spelling of kerfuffle [(chiefly Commonwealth, informal) A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult. [from 19th c.]]
n
(chiefly Commonwealth, informal) A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult. [from 19th c.]
adj
(rare) Characteristic of a kerfuffle.
v
(colloquial) To make a facial expression, often for humor, as a taunt, or to indicate distaste.
v
(idiomatic) To regard without due seriousness; to joke about.
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(transitive) To speak; to utter.
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(figuratively, by extension) Unwanted fuss or bustle; useless activity.
n
(archaic) A quarrelsome person; one ready to pick quarrels.
v
(informal, intransitive) To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.
adj
Alternative spelling of rabblerousing [Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser]
n
The activity of inciting mobs, of causing a stir
n
(archaic) The warbling of birds in trees.
n
A person who raves or rants.
n
(obsolete) Tumultuous festivity; revelry.
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Obsolete spelling of roister [(intransitive) To engage in noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour.]
n
A noisy disturbance and/or commotion.
n
(archaic, colloquial) A great tumult.
n
A noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel.
n
(slang) An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot.
n
(now dialectal) Tumult, commotion; confusion.
n
(archaic) toil, work, drudgery
v
(idiomatic, colloquial, UK) To throw a tantrum.
n
Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
v
To express stereotypical villainy in an obvious or comically exaggerated fashion.
v
(intransitive) To make an uproar.
v
(intransitive) To speak with suspicion or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
adj
Characterised or marked by wrangling; inclined to wrangle or squabble; quarrelsome.
v
(intransitive) To snarl; to gnar.
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