RUFFLE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a noisy fight
   Synonym(s)
   • affray (what does affray mean?)
   • disturbance (what does disturbance mean?)
   • fray (what does fray mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) ruffle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fight (what does fight mean?)
   • fighting (what does fighting mean?)
   • combat (what does combat mean?)
   • scrap (what does scrap mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a high tight collar
   Synonym(s)
   • choker (what does choker mean?)
   • neck ruff (what does neck ruff mean?)
   • ruff (what does ruff mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) ruffle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • collar (what does collar mean?)
   • neckband (what does neckband mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • fraise (what does fraise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • choke (what does choke mean?)
   • gag (what does gag mean?)
   • fret (what does fret mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
   Synonym(s)
   • flounce (what does flounce mean?)
   • frill (what does frill mean?)
   • furbelow (what does furbelow mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) ruffle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • adornment (what does adornment mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • goffer (what does goffer mean?)
   • gauffer (what does gauffer mean?)
   • jabot (what does jabot mean?)
   • peplum (what does peplum mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • ruffle (what does ruffle mean?)
   • pleat (what does pleat mean?)

RUFFLE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • pleat or gather into a ruffle
   Synonym(s)
   • pleat (what does pleat mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • ruffle the curtain fabric
   Hypernyms(s) ruffle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fold (what does fold mean?)
   • fold up (what does fold up mean?)
   • turn up (what does turn up mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pleat (what does pleat mean?)
   • plait (what does plait mean?)
   • plication (what does plication mean?)
   • pleating (what does pleating mean?)
   • frill (what does frill mean?)
   • flounce (what does flounce mean?)
   • ruffle (what does ruffle mean?)
   • furbelow (what does furbelow mean?)
2. Meaning
   • disturb the smoothness of
   Synonym(s)
   • mess up (what does mess up mean?)
   • ruffle up (what does ruffle up mean?)
   • rumple (what does rumple mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • ruffle the surface of the water
   Hypernyms(s) ruffle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • disarrange (what does disarrange mean?)
3. Meaning
   • erect or fluff up
   Synonym(s)
   • fluff (what does fluff mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the bird ruffled its feathers
   Hypernyms(s) ruffle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • loosen (what does loosen mean?)
   See Also
   • fluff up (what does fluff up mean?)
   • plump up (what does plump up mean?)
   • shake up (what does shake up mean?)
4. Meaning
   • mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
   Synonym(s)
   • mix (what does mix mean?)
   • shuffle (what does shuffle mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • shuffle the cards
   Hypernyms(s) ruffle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • manipulate (what does manipulate mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • reshuffle (what does reshuffle mean?)
   • riffle (what does riffle mean?)
   • cut (what does cut mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • mix (what does mix mean?)
   • mixture (what does mixture mean?)
   • mix (what does mix mean?)
   • commixture (what does commixture mean?)
   • admixture (what does admixture mean?)
   • mixture (what does mixture mean?)
   • intermixture (what does intermixture mean?)
   • mixing (what does mixing mean?)
   • shuffler (what does shuffler mean?)
   • shuffle (what does shuffle mean?)
   • shuffling (what does shuffling mean?)
   • make (what does make mean?)
   • shuffle (what does shuffle mean?)
   • shuffling (what does shuffling mean?)
   • make (what does make mean?)
5. Meaning
   • twitch or flutter
   Synonym(s)
   • flick (what does flick mean?)
   • riffle (what does riffle mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the paper flicked
   Hypernyms(s) ruffle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • displace (what does displace mean?)
6. Meaning
   • trouble or vex
   Usage Example(s)
   • ruffle somebody’’s composure
   Hypernyms(s) ruffle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • annoy (what does annoy mean?)
   • rag (what does rag mean?)
   • get to (what does get to mean?)
   • bother (what does bother mean?)
   • get at (what does get at mean?)
   • irritate (what does irritate mean?)
   • rile (what does rile mean?)
   • nark (what does nark mean?)
   • nettle (what does nettle mean?)
   • gravel (what does gravel mean?)
   • vex (what does vex mean?)
   • chafe (what does chafe mean?)
   • devil (what does devil mean?)
7. Meaning
   • discompose
   Usage Example(s)
   • This play is going to ruffle some people
   • She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues
   Hypernyms(s) ruffle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fluster (what does fluster mean?)
8. Meaning
   • to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
   Synonym(s)
   • cock (what does cock mean?)
   • prance (what does prance mean?)
   • sashay (what does sashay mean?)
   • strut (what does strut mean?)
   • swagger (what does swagger mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
   Hypernyms(s) ruffle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • walk (what does walk mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • strut (what does strut mean?)
   • prance (what does prance mean?)
   • swagger (what does swagger mean?)
   • prancer (what does prancer mean?)
   • strut (what does strut mean?)
   • prance (what does prance mean?)
   • swagger (what does swagger mean?)
   • strut (what does strut mean?)
   • prance (what does prance mean?)
   • swagger (what does swagger mean?)
   • swaggerer (what does swaggerer mean?)
9. Meaning
   • stir up (water) so as to form ripples
   Synonym(s)
   • cockle (what does cockle mean?)
   • riffle (what does riffle mean?)
   • ripple (what does ripple mean?)
   • undulate (what does undulate mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) ruffle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • flux (what does flux mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • ripple (what does ripple mean?)
   • rippling (what does rippling mean?)
   • riffle (what does riffle mean?)
   • wavelet (what does wavelet mean?)
   • ripple (what does ripple mean?)
   • rippling (what does rippling mean?)
   • riffle (what does riffle mean?)
   • wavelet (what does wavelet mean?)
   • ripple (what does ripple mean?)
   • rippling (what does rippling mean?)
   • riffle (what does riffle mean?)
   • wavelet (what does wavelet mean?)
   Entail(s)
   • fold (what does fold mean?)
   • fold up (what does fold up mean?)
   • turn up (what does turn up mean?)