Overview of noun ruffle

The noun ruffle has 3 senses

• frill, flounce, ruffle, furbelow -- (a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim)


• choker, ruff, ruffle, neck ruff -- (a high tight collar)


• affray, disturbance, fray, ruffle -- (a noisy fight)

Overview of verb ruffle

The verb ruffle has 9 senses

• ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate -- (stir up (water) so as to form ripples)


• ruffle -- (trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure")


• tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock -- (to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house")


• ruffle -- (discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues")


• flick, ruffle, riffle -- (twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked")


• shuffle, ruffle, mix -- (mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards")


• ruffle, fluff -- (erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers")


• ruffle, ruffle up, rumple, mess up -- (disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water")


• ruffle, pleat -- (pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric")