I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a breeze stirs/ruffles sth
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A light breeze stirred the waters of the bay.
ruffle sb’s hair (= rub it in a kind friendly way )
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He patted me on the back and ruffled my hair.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
breeze
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A strong breeze ruffled Crossley's hair and made him shiver.
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A breeze ruffled through his white linen slacks.
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Still she felt that breeze ruffling her hair, biting at her nose.
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A breeze ruffled her hair and set hanks of wool waving on the fence-wire.
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He himself, standing exactly here in the darkness above the city, with the night breeze ruffling his hair.
feather
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Her verbal spontaneity ruffled far too many feathers even if it attracted admiration from thousands of radicals and feminists.
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Yet he was well aware that tampering with the traditional approach to Swan Lake would ruffle a few feathers .
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It ruffled so many feathers , the Robins were reinstated.
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These techniques smooth ruffled feathers , paper over cracks, subdue ominous rumblings.
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Perhaps, Carew thought, some overbearing staff officer had once ruffled his feathers .
hair
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He wore a black jersey and grey trousers, and his dark brown hair was slightly ruffled .
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He looked quite pale and rather untidy, with his tie undone and his hair ruffled .
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Even his hair was distinctly ruffled , as though impatient fingers had been frequently run through it.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The wind ruffled Jill's hair.
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They did their best to soothe the ruffled customers who were waiting for car repairs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He ruffled my hair and hugged me close.
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He was sunk back in a ruffled flowery chair.
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I don't want to ruffle my hair.
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Once the cuticle is ruffled, it no longer reflects light so efficiently.
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The girl yawned and rubbed the back of her head just as the wind of Jezrael's exit ruffled the yellow curls.
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The maids in their navy-blue uniforms and white ruffled aprons took twice as long to clean his room.
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The wind ruffled his greying hair.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All these ruffles should be smoothed out after a few days.
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An adjustment of her tight neck ruffle , and Natalie continues, looking me straight in the eye with a stern glare.
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Can you name any other dance organization in which a male dancer substitutes for a female without raising a ruffle ?
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On the mainland, the small beaches were faintly visible, the surf like a tiny ruffle of white lace.
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Sam had blood on his white jacket and down the white ruffles.
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She was flushed and handsome after her rest, wearing something red, with ruffles round the neck.
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The ruffle of her nightgown followed her in a mad wake.
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They developed women's fashions-long dresses with ruffles and frills-based on that of the Southern gentry.