ruffle
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
- Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
- A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
- The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
Verb
- To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
- To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
- To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
- To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
- To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
- To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
- To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
- To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
- To throw together in a disorderly manner.
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