ruffle

noun

  1. 1

    a noisy fight

  2. 2

    a high tight collar

  3. 3

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

verb

  1. 1

    pleat or gather into a ruffle

    ruffle the curtain fabric

  2. 2

    disturb the smoothness of

    ruffle the surface of the water

  3. 3

    erect or fluff up

    the bird ruffled its feathers

  4. 4

    mix so as to make a random order or arrangement

    shuffle the cards

  5. 5

    twitch or flutter

    the paper flicked

  6. 6

    trouble or vex

    ruffle somebody's composure

  7. 7

    discompose

    This play is going to ruffle some people

    She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues

  8. 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. 9

    stir up (water) so as to form ripples

Synonyms

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