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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ʌfəl|-ʌfəl

Noun

ruffle

Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
:''She loved the dress with the lace ruffle at the hem.

Verb

To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
:Ruffle the end of the cuff.
To disturb ; especially, to cause to flutter.
:The wind ruffled the papers.

Derived terms

ruffly

fa:ruffle fr:ruffle io:ruffle it:ruffle fi:ruffle ta:ruffle te:ruffle vi:ruffle zh:ruffle

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Ruffle \Ruf"fle\, v. i. [Perhaps of different origin from ruffle
to wrinkle; cf. OD. roffeln, roffen, to pander, LG. raffein,
Dan. ruffer a pimp. Cf. Rufflan.]
1. To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent. [R.]
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The night comes on, and the bleak winds
Do sorely ruffle. --Shak.
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2. To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
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On his right shoulder his thick mane reclined,
Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind. --Dryden.
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3. To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on
airs; to swagger.
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They would ruffle with jurors. --Bacon.
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Gallants who ruffled in silk and embroidery. --Sir
W. Scott.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Ruffle \Ruf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruffled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ruffling.] [From Ruff a plaited collar, a drum beat, a
tumult: cf. OD. ruyffelen to wrinkle.]
1. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers,
plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
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2. To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.
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3. To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by
agitation or commotion.
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The fantastic revelries . . . that so often ruffled
the placid bosom of the Nile. --I. Taylor.
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She smoothed the ruffled seas. --Dryden.
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4. To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
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[the swan] ruffles her pure cold plume. --Tennyson.
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5. (Mil.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
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6. To discompose; to agitate; to disturb.
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These ruffle the tranquillity of the mind. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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But, ever after, the small violence done
Rankled in him and ruffled all his heart.
--Tennyson.
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7. To throw into disorder or confusion.
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Where best
He might the ruffled foe infest. --Hudibras.
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8. To throw together in a disorderly manner. [R.]
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I ruffled up falen leaves in heap. --Chapman
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To ruffle the feathers of, to exite the resentment of; to
irritate.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Ruffle \Ruf"fle\, n. [See Ruffle, v. t. & i.]
1. 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.
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2. A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance;
agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.
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3. (Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a
roll; -- called also ruff. --H. L. Scott.
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4. (Zool.) 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.
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Ruffle of a boot, the top turned down, and scalloped or
plaited. --Halliwell.
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WordNet ruffle
n 1: a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
[syn: frill, flounce, furbelow]
2: a high tight collar [syn: choker, ruff, neck ruff]
3: a noisy fight [syn: affray, disturbance, fray]
v 1: stir up (water) so as to form ripples [syn: ripple, riffle,
cockle, undulate]
2: trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure"
3: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to
impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen
house" [syn: swagger, prance, strut, sashay, cock]
4: discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She
has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues"
5: twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked" [syn: flick, riffle]
6: mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle
the cards" [syn: shuffle, mix]
7: erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers" [syn: fluff]
8: disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"
[syn: ruffle up, rumple, mess up]
9: pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"
[syn: pleat]

Moby Dictionary
abrade , addle , addle the wits , ado , affect , aggravate , agitate ,
agitation , annoy , arouse , badger , bait , ball up , barrage , be at ,
beading , beat , beat a ruffle , beat a tattoo , beat the drum ,
beat time , beat up , beating , becloud , bedazzle , bedevil , befuddle ,
befuddlement , beset , bewilder , bewilderment , binding , bludgeon ,
bluster , bordering , bordure , bother , botheration , bristle ,
brouhaha , browbeat , brown off , bug , bulldoze , bully , bullyrag ,
burn up , bustle , chafe , chaos , chivy , churn , churn up , cloud ,
clutter , commotion , confuse , confusion , convulse , corrugate , count ,
count the beats , cow , crease , creasing , crimp , crinkle , crisp ,
crumple , daze , dazzle , derange , devil , disarrange , disarray ,
discombobulate , discombobulation , discomfit , discomfiture ,
discompose , discomposure , disconcert , disconcertion , dishevel ,
dislocate , disorder , disorganization , disorganize , disorient ,
disorientation , disquiet , distemper , disturb , disturbance , dog ,
dog-ear , double , double over , doubling , dragoon , drum , drum music ,
drumbeat , drumfire , drumming , duplicature , ebullience , ebullition ,
eddy , edging , effervescence , electrify , embarrass , embarrassment ,
embitter , embroilment , enfold , entangle , erode , exasperate , excite ,
exercise , fan , fash , feery-fary , ferment , fermentation , fimbria ,
fimbriation , flare , flection , flexure , flounce , flummox , flurry ,
fluster , flute , flutter , fog , fold , fold over , frenzy , fret , frill ,
frilling , fringe , fuddle , fuddlement , fume , furbelow , fuss , gall ,
galloon , gather , gathering , get , go pitapat , graze , gripe , harass ,
harry , haze , heckle , hector , hem , hex , hound , huff , hurly-burly ,
hurry , hurry-scurry , incense , inflame , infold , interfold ,
intimidate , irk , irritate , jar , jolt , jumble , keep time , lap over ,
lapel , lappet , list , litter , maze , mess , mess up , miff , misarrange ,
mist , mix up , moider , molest , motif , muddle , muddlement , muss ,
muss up , nag , needle , nettle , nudzh , paddle , palpitate ,
palpitation , paradiddle , patter , peeve , pell-mell , peplum , perplex ,
perplexity , persecute , perturb , perturbate , perturbation , pester ,
pick on , pique , pitapat , pitter-patter , plague , plait , plat ,
play drum , pleat , plica , plicate , plication , plicature ,
pluck the beard , ply , pother , pound , pounding , provoke , psych out ,
pucker , pulsate , pulsation , put out , quill , raise hell , rankle ,
rat-a-tat , rat-tat , rat-tat-tat , rataplan , rattattoo , rattle , ride ,
rile , ripple , rock , roil , roll , roughen , rub , rub-a-dub , ruche ,
ruching , ruff , rumple , scatter , selvage , set on edge , set up ,
shake , shake up , shock , shuffle , skirting , sound a tattoo , spatter ,
splatter , splutter , spook , sputter , staccato , stagger , stew , stir ,
stir the blood , stir up , strong-arm , sweat , swirl , swirling ,
swivet , tangle , tap , tat-tat , tattoo , tease , throb , throbbing ,
throw , throw into confusion , thrum , thump , thumping , tizzy , to-do ,
tom-tom , torment , tousle , trimming , trouble , try the patience ,
tuck , tumult , turbulence , turmoil , turn over , tweak the nose ,
twill , unnerve , unsettle , unsettlement , unstring , uproar , upset ,
valance , vex , voodoo , vortex , wavelet , wear , welt , whip , whip up ,
whirl , whisk , wind , winnow , work up , worry , wrinkle , yeastiness