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ruffle

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Noun

  1. Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
  2. Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
  3. A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
  4. The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.

Verb

  1. To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
  2. To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
  3. To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
  4. To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
  5. To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
  6. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
  7. To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
  8. To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
  9. To throw together in a disorderly manner.

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