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Meaning of ruffle
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ruffle
n 1: a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
[syn: {frill}, {flounce}, {ruffle}, {furbelow}]
2: a high tight collar [syn: {choker}, {ruff}, {ruffle}, {neck
ruff}]
3: a noisy fight [syn: {affray}, {disturbance}, {fray},
{ruffle}]
v 1: stir up (water) so as to form ripples [syn: {ripple},
{ruffle}, {riffle}, {cockle}, {undulate}]
2: trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure"
3: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to
impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen
house" [syn: {tittup}, {swagger}, {ruffle}, {prance},
{strut}, {sashay}, {cock}]
4: discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She
has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues"
5: twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked" [syn: {flick},
{ruffle}, {riffle}]
6: mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the
cards" [syn: {shuffle}, {ruffle}, {mix}]
7: erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers" [syn:
{ruffle}, {fluff}]
8: disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"
[syn: {ruffle}, {ruffle up}, {rumple}, {mess up}]
9: pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"
[syn: {ruffle}, {pleat}]
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