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Definition of Ruff

1. Noun. An external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal.

2. Verb. Play a trump.

3. Noun. A high tight collar.

4. Noun. Common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season.

5. Noun. (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit.

Definition of Ruff

1. n. A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it.

2. v. i. & t. To trump.

3. n. A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children.

4. v. t. To ruffle; to disorder.

5. n. A small freshwater European perch (Acerina vulgaris); -- called also pope, blacktail, and stone, or striped, perch.

Definition of Ruff

1. Noun. A gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia, ''Philomachus pugnax''; the female is a reeve. ¹

2. Noun. Any of several freshwater fish of the genus ''Gymnocephalus'' (also ''Acerina''), similar to perch; more commonly known as ruffe. ¹

3. Noun. A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted neckware in Elizabethan and Jacobean England. ¹

4. Noun. A card game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it ruff and honours. ¹

5. Verb. (cards)To play a trump card to a trick, other than when trumps were led ¹

6. Interjection. The bark of a dog; woof. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ruff

1. to trump [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: trump

Medical Definition of Ruff

1. 1. A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children. "Here to-morrow with his best ruff on." (Shak) "His gravity is much lessened since the late proclamation came out against ruffs; . . . They were come to that height of excess herein, that twenty shillings were used to be paid for starching of a ruff." (Howell) 2. Something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar of this name. "I reared this flower; . . . Soft on the paper ruff its leaves I spread." (Pope) 3. An exhibition of pride or haughtiness. "How many princes . . . In the ruff of all their glory, have been taken down from the head of a conquering army to the wheel of the victor's chariot!" (L'Estrange) 4. Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct. "To ruffle it out in a riotous ruff." (Latimer) 5. A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; a ruffle. 6. A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion. 7. A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird. 8. A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, or Philommachus, pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colours, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve. A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck. Origin: Of uncertain origin: cf. Icel. Rfinn rough, uncombed, Pr. Ruf rude, rough, Sp. Rufo frizzed, crisp, curled, G. Raufen to pluck, fight, rupfen to pluck, pull, E. Rough. Cf. Ruffle to wrinkle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruff

rued rueful ruefully ruefulness ruefulnesses rueing rueings ruelle ruelles ruellia

ruellias ruer ruers rues rufescent ruffe ruffed ruffed grouse ruffed grouses ruffed lemur

ruffes ruffian ruffianage ruffianed ruffianish ruffianism ruffianisms ruffianlike ruffianly

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