RUFFLE

Definition:

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

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Related Words:

• reshuffle
• riffle
• cut
• goffer, gauffer
• jabot
• peplum
• fraise

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