ruffle in English dictionary

  • ruffle

    Meanings and definitions of "ruffle"

    • Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
    • (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
    • (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
    • noun
      Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
    • noun
      Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
    • noun
      (military)
      A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
    • noun
      (zoology)
      The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
    • verb
      To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
    • verb
      To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
    • verb
      (military)
      To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
    • verb
      To throw together in a disorderly manner.
    • ruffle (up)
    • noun
      a high tight collar
    • noun
      a noisy fight
    • noun
      a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
    • verb
      discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues"
    • verb
      disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"
    • verb
      erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers"
    • verb
      mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards"
    • verb
      pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"
    • verb
      stir up (water) so as to form ripples
    • verb
      to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"
    • verb
      trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure"
    • verb
      twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked"

    Synonyms of "ruffle" in English dictionary

    devil, flounce, disturbance are the top synonyms of "ruffle" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of ruffle

    • ruffle ( third-person singular simple present ruffles, present participle ruffling, simple past and past participle ruffled)
    • ruffle (plural ruffles)
    • ruffle (third-person singular simple present ruffles, present participle ruffling, simple past and past participle ruffled)
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