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Ruffle

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Noun

1. flounce, frill, furbelow, ruffle

a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim

2. choker, neck ruff, ruff, ruffle

a high tight collar

3. affray, disturbance, fray, ruffle

a noisy fight

Verb

4. cockle, riffle, ripple, ruffle, undulate

stir up (water) so as to form ripples

5. ruffle

trouble or vex

Example Sentences:
'ruffle somebody's composure'

6. cock, prance, ruffle, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup

to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

Example Sentences:
'He struts around like a rooster in a hen house'

7. ruffle

discompose

Example Sentences:
'This play is going to ruffle some people'
'She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues'

8. flick, riffle, ruffle

twitch or flutter

Example Sentences:
'the paper flicked'

9. mix, ruffle, shuffle

mix so as to make a random order or arrangement

Example Sentences:
'shuffle the cards'

10. fluff, ruffle

erect or fluff up

Example Sentences:
'the bird ruffled its feathers'

11. mess up, ruffle, ruffle up, rumple

disturb the smoothness of

Example Sentences:
'ruffle the surface of the water'

12. pleat, ruffle

pleat or gather into a ruffle

Example Sentences:
'ruffle the curtain fabric'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Ruffle

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verb
1. 
to make, be, or become irregular or rumpled
to ruffle a child's hair
a breeze ruffling the water
2. 
to annoy, irritate, or be annoyed or irritated
3. (transitive)
to make into a ruffle; pleat
4. 
(of a bird) to erect (its feathers) in anger, display, etc
5. (transitive)
to flick (cards, pages, etc) rapidly with the fingers
noun
6. 
an irregular or disturbed surface
7. 
a strip of pleated material used for decoration or as a trim
8. zoology another name for ruff1 (sense 2)
9. 
annoyance or irritation
noun
1. 
a low continuous drumbeat
verb
2. (transitive)
to beat (a drum) with a low repetitive beat
verb
(intransitive) archaic
to behave riotously or arrogantly; swagger

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Ruffle

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈruffled or ˈruffling
1. 
to take away the smoothness of; wrinkle; ripple
wind ruffling the water
2. 
to gather into ruffles
3. 
to put ruffles on as trimming
4. 
to make (feathers, etc.) stand up in or as in a ruff, as a bird when frightened
5. 
to disturb, irritate, or annoy
6. 
to turn over (the pages of a book, etc.) rapidly
verb intransitive
7. 
to become uneven, wrinkled, etc.
8. 
to become disturbed, irritated, etc.
noun
9. 
a strip of cloth, lace, etc., gathered in pleats and puckers and used for trimming
10. 
something like this, as a bird's ruff
11. 
a disturbance; irritation
12. 
a break in surface smoothness; ripple
noun
1. 
a low, continuous beating of a drum, not so loud as a roll
verb intransitive, verb transitiveWord forms: ˈruffled or ˈruffling
2. 
to beat (a drum, etc.) with a ruffle

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Ruffle

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tr.v. ruf·fled, ruf·fling, ruf·fles
To beat a ruffle on (a drum).
intr.v. ruf·fled, ruf·fling, ruf·fles
Obsolete To behave arrogantly or roughly; swagger.
n.
1. A strip of frilled or closely pleated fabric used for trimming or decoration.
2. A ruff on a bird.
3. An irregularity or a slight disturbance of a surface: the ruffle on the lake.
4. A beating or rustling sound: the ruffle of drums in the distance; the ruffle of a skirt on the floor.
v. ruf·fled, ruf·fling, ruf·fles
v.tr.
1. To disturb the smoothness or regularity of; ripple: The wind ruffled the water.
2.
a. To pleat or gather (fabric) into a ruffle.
b. To put a ruffle on (a garment, for example).
3. To erect (the feathers). Used of birds.
4. To discompose or annoy; fluster: a book that is bound to ruffle some people.
5. To flip through (the pages of a book).
6. To shuffle (cards).
v.intr.
1. To become irregular or rough: His hair ruffled in the wind.
2. To become annoyed or flustered: What teacher doesn't ruffle when students act up in class?
3.
a. To flip through the pages of a book: ruffled through the book until I found the picture.
b. To search for something in a container: ruffled in her bag looking for the keys.
4. To make a beating or rustling sound.
n.
A low continuous beating of a drum that is not as loud as a roll. Also called ruff4.

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