 ruffle |
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| 1. | [ verb ] trouble or vex | |
| Examples: | "ruffle somebody's composure" |
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| Related terms: | annoy | |
| 2. | [ verb ] stir up (water) so as to form ripples | |
| Synonyms: | ripple undulate cockle riffle | |
| Related terms: | flow ripple fold | |
| 3. | [ verb ] pleat or gather into a ruffle | |
| Synonyms: | pleat | |
| Examples: | "ruffle the curtain fabric" |
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| Related terms: | fold pleat | |
| 4. | [ verb ] disturb the smoothness of | |
| Synonyms: | rumple mess_up ruffle_up | |
| Examples: | "ruffle the surface of the water" |
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| Related terms: | disarrange | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (clothing) a high tight collar | |
| Synonyms: | ruff neck_ruff choker | |
| Related terms: | collar fraise choke | |
| 6. | [ verb ] erect or fluff up | |
| Synonyms: | fluff | |
| Examples: | "the bird ruffled its feathers" |
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| Related terms: | loosen fluff_up | |
| 7. | [ verb ] twitch or flutter | |
| Synonyms: | riffle flick | |
| Examples: | "the paper flicked" |
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| Related terms: | move | |
| 8. | [ verb ] (cards) mix so as to make a random order or arrangement | |
| Synonyms: | mix shuffle | |
| Examples: | "shuffle the cards" |
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| Related terms: | manipulate cut reshuffle cut riffle mix shuffle | |
| 9. | [ verb ] to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others | |
| Synonyms: | swagger strut prance cock sashay | |
| Examples: | : "He strut around like a rooster in a hen house." |
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| Related terms: | walk pimproll strut swaggerer | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (clothing) a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim | |
| Synonyms: | flounce furbelow frill | |
| Related terms: | adornment peplum jabot goffer | |
| 11. | [ verb ] discompose | |
| Examples: | "This play is going to ruffle some people" "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues" |
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| Related terms: | fluster | |
| 12. | [ noun ] a noisy fight | |
| Synonyms: | disturbance fray affray | |
| Related terms: | fight | |
| Similar spelling: |
Ruple ruble rueful rubble ruefully rubel riffle raffle |
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