RUFFLE

vt to erect in a ruff, as feathers.

2. ruffle ·vt to throw into disorder or confusion.

3. ruffle ·vi to grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.

4. ruffle ·vt to throw together in a disorderly manner.

5. ruffle ·vt to beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.

6. ruffle ·vt to furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.

7. ruffle ·vi to become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.

8. ruffle ·vt to oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion.

9. ruffle ·vt & ·vi a low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll;

— called also ruff.

10. ruffle ·vt to discompose; to agitate; to disturb.

11. ruffle ·vt to make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.

12. ruffle ·vi to be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.

13. ruffle ·vt & ·vi a state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.

14. ruffle ·vt & ·vi that which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.

15. ruffle ·vt & ·vi the connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of any one of several species of american marine gastropods of the genus fulgur. ·see ootheca.