MohammedPreview
Open in TheBrain

To Ruffle

  1. (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
  2. (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
  3. (intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
  4. (intransitive) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
  5. (intransitive) 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. (military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
  9. To throw together in a disorderly manner.