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Definition of Ruffle

1. Verb. Stir up (water) so as to form ripples.

2. Noun. A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim.

3. Verb. Trouble or vex. "The performance is likely to ruffle Sue"; "Ruffle somebody's composure"

4. Noun. A high tight collar.

5. Verb. To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others. "The children ruffle to the playground"; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"

6. Noun. A noisy fight.

7. Verb. Discompose. "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues"

8. Verb. Twitch or flutter. "The paper flicked"

9. Verb. Mix so as to make a random order or arrangement. "Shuffle the cards"

10. Verb. Erect or fluff up. "The bird ruffled its feathers"

11. Verb. Disturb the smoothness of. "Ruffle the surface of the water"

12. Verb. Pleat or gather into a ruffle. "Ruffle the curtain fabric"

Definition of Ruffle

1. v. t. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.

2. v. i. To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.

3. n. That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.

Definition of Ruffle

1. Noun. Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, ''as'' an edge of fabric. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ruffle

1. to destroy the smoothness of [v -FLED, -FLING, -FLES]

Medical Definition of Ruffle

1. 1. Projections at the leading edge of a crawling cell. In time lapse films the active edge appears to ruffle. The protrusions are apparently supported by a microfilament meshwork and can move centripetally over the dorsal surface of a cell in culture. 2. The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See Ootheca. Ruffle of a boot, the top turned down, and scalloped or plaited. 3. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle. That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill. 4. A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle. 5. To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion. "The fantastic revelries . . . That so often ruffled the placid bosom of the Nile." (I. Taylor) "She smoothed the ruffled seas." (Dryden) Origin: From Ruff a plaited collar, a drum beat, a tumult: cf. OD. Ruyffelen to wrinkle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruffle

ruffed lemur ruffes ruffian ruffianage ruffianed ruffianish ruffianism ruffianisms ruffianlike ruffianly

ruffianous ruffians ruffin ruffing ruffins ruffle (current term) ruffle some feathers ruffle up ruffled ruffleless

rufflement rufflements ruffler rufflers ruffles rufflier ruffliest rufflike ruffling rufflings

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