Definitions for ruffle
Overview of noun ruffle
The noun ruffle has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. frill, flounce, ruffle, furbelow
(a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim)
2. choker, ruff, ruffle, neck ruff
(a high tight collar)
3. affray, disturbance, fray, ruffle
(a noisy fight)
Overview of verb ruffle
The verb ruffle has 9 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate
(stir up (water) so as to form ripples)
2. (1) ruffle
(trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure")
3. tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock
(to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house")
4. ruffle
(discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues")
5. flick, ruffle, riffle
(twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked")
6. shuffle, ruffle, mix
(mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards")
7. ruffle, fluff
(erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers")
8. ruffle, ruffle up, rumple, mess up
(disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water")
9. ruffle, pleat
(pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric")
