ruffle meaning and definition

RUFFLE noun

Definition of ruffle (noun)

1. a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
   • synonyms: flounce, frill, furbelow
2. a high tight collar
   • synonyms: choker, neck ruff, ruff
3. a noisy fight
   • synonyms: affray, disturbance, fray

RUFFLE verb

Definition of ruffle (verb)

1. stir up (water) so as to form ripples
   • synonyms: cockle, riffle, ripple, undulate
2. trouble or vex
   • "ruffle somebody's composure"
3. 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: cock, prance, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup
4. discompose
   • "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues"
5. twitch or flutter
   • "the paper flicked"
   • synonyms: flick, riffle
6. mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
   • "shuffle the cards"
   • synonyms: mix, shuffle
7. erect or fluff up
   • "the bird ruffled its feathers"
   • synonyms: fluff
8. disturb the smoothness of
   • "ruffle the surface of the water"
   • synonyms: mess up, ruffle up, rumple
9. pleat or gather into a ruffle
   • "ruffle the curtain fabric"
   • synonyms: pleat