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NOUN (3)

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]


VERB (9)

1. stir up (water) so as to form ripples;
[syn: ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate]

2. trouble or vex;
- Example: "ruffle somebody's composure"

3. to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others;
- Example: "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"
[syn: tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock]

4. discompose;
- Example: "This play is going to ruffle some people"
- Example: "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues"

5. twitch or flutter;
- Example: "the paper flicked"
[syn: flick, ruffle, riffle]

6. mix so as to make a random order or arrangement;
- Example: "shuffle the cards"
[syn: shuffle, ruffle, mix]

7. erect or fluff up;
- Example: "the bird ruffled its feathers"
[syn: ruffle, fluff]

8. disturb the smoothness of;
- Example: "ruffle the surface of the water"
[syn: ruffle, ruffle up, rumple, mess up]

9. pleat or gather into a ruffle;
- Example: "ruffle the curtain fabric"
[syn: ruffle, pleat]

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