ruffle
noun
- 1
a noisy fight
- 2
a high tight collar
- 3
a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
verb
- 1
pleat or gather into a ruffle
ruffle the curtain fabric
- 2
disturb the smoothness of
ruffle the surface of the water
- 3
erect or fluff up
the bird ruffled its feathers
- 4
mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
shuffle the cards
- 5
twitch or flutter
the paper flicked
- 6
trouble or vex
ruffle somebody's composure
- 7
discompose
This play is going to ruffle some people
She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues
- 8
to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
- 9
stir up (water) so as to form ripples
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