RUFFLE
\ɹˈʌfə͡l], \ɹˈʌfəl], \ɹ_ˈʌ_f_əl]\
Definitions of RUFFLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a noisy fight
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a high tight collar
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twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked"
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a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
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disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"
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mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards"
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trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure"
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discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues"
By Princeton University
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a noisy fight
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a high tight collar
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twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked"
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a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
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disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"
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mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards"
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trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
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To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
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To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.
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To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion.
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To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
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To throw into disorder or confusion.
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To throw together in a disorderly manner.
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To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
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To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
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To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
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That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.
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A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.
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The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See Ootheca.
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A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; - called also ruff.
By Oddity Software
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To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
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To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
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To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.
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To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion.
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To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
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To throw into disorder or confusion.
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To throw together in a disorderly manner.
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To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
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To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
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To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
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That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.
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A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.
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The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See Ootheca.
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A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; - called also ruff.
By Noah Webster.
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A plaited or gathered strip of material, used as a trimming.
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To draw into folds or gathers; to furnish with plaited or gathered strips; to make to stand out; as, a bird rufftes its feathers; to disturb slightly or make ripples upon; as, the wind ruffles, the water; disarrange; as, to ruffle one's hair; annoy or vex.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To make like a ruff, to wrinkle: to form into plaits: to form with ruffles: to disorder: to agitate.
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To grow rough: to flutter.
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A plaited article of dress: agitation: a low roll of the drum.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A strip of fine cloth plaited and attached to some border of a garment; disturbance; agitation; a low beat of the drum. See Ruff.
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To disorder by disturbing a smooth or a calm state; to agitate; to disturb; to throw into disorder; to furnish with ruffles.
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To grow rough or turbulent; to flutter; to parade; to beat the ruffle of a drum.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A strip of cambric or fine linen plaited or contracted into wrinkles, and sewed to the border of a garment, generally unerstood of ornaments at the wrist; disturbance; agitation.
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To wrinkle or plait a strip of fine cloth; to distrurb a smooth surface, as water; to agitate; to dscompose; to put out of temper.
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In mil., a low roll of the drum, accompanied with the presenting of arms; a kind of flourish upon a drum.
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To beat the ruffle.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. A strip of plaited cambric or other fine cloth attached to a garment; a frill;— a state of being ruffled or disturbed; agitation; commotion.
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n. A low, vibrating beat of a drum not so loud as a roll, and used as a military salute to general officers.
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