Possible Clues:

• What this snake did when agitated?
• Shook up
• Disconcerted to be told secrets about a number
• Agitated or flustered by child's toy?
• Irritated
• Unnerved, gave evidence of having screw loose?
• Disconcerted, let dart go astray
• Shaken with a loose sound
• What's so dear about the teetotaller is that he sounded so loose
• Made a din and caused annoyance