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- DictionaryRuf·fle/ˈrəf(ə)l/
verb
- 1. disorder or disarrange (someone's hair), typically by running one's hands through it: "he ruffled her hair affectionately"
noun
- 1. a strip of lace or other material, gathered along one edge to make an ornamental frill on a garment or other piece of fabric.
- 2. a vibrating drumbeat.
The meaning of RUFFLE is roughen, abrade. How to use ruffle in a sentence. roughen, abrade; trouble, vex; to erect in or like a ruff : to cause to rise or bristle…
RUFFLE definition: 1. to touch or move something smooth so that it is not even: 2. to annoy or upset someone, or to…. Learn more.
to disturb, vex, or irritate: to be ruffled by a perceived slight. Synonyms: agitate, annoy, upset. Antonyms: compose, soothe. to turn (the pages of a book) rapidly. to pass (cards) through the fingers rapidly in shuffling. to draw up (cloth, lace, etc.) into a ruffle by gathering along one edge.
RUFFLE meaning: 1. to touch or move something smooth so that it is not even: 2. to annoy or upset someone, or to…. Learn more.
n. 1. A strip of frilled or closely pleated fabric used for trimming or decoration. 2. A ruff on a bird. 3. An irregularity or a slight disturbance of a surface: the ruffle on the lake. 4. A beating or rustling sound: the ruffle of drums in the distance; the ruffle of a skirt on the floor. v.ruf·fled, ruf·fling, ruf·fles. v.tr. 1.
Ruffles are folds of cloth at the neck or the ends of the arms of a piece of clothing, or are sometimes sewn on things as a decoration.
A ruffle is a pleated piece of decorative fabric often used as trim on clothes, like the ruffles on a pirate’s shirt. To ruffle is to make someone lose their composure. Argh.
A strip of cloth, lace, etc., gathered in pleats and puckers and used for trimming. Something like this, as a bird's ruff. A disturbance. A beating or rustling sound. The ruffle of drums in the distance; the ruffle of a skirt on the floor. A low, continuous beating of a drum, not so loud as a roll.
Ruffles are folds of cloth at the neck or the ends of the arms of a piece of clothing, or are sometimes sewn on things as a decoration.
to make somebody feel less angry or offended. See ruffle in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: ruffle. Definition of ruffle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
