To act turbulently or lawlessly; riot; play the bully; hence, to bluster.

To put on airs; swagger: often with an indefinite it.

To be rough or boisterous: said of the weather.

To bully; insult; annoy.

noun. A brawl; a quarrel; a tumult.

noun. A strip of any textile material drawn up at one edge in gathers or plaits, and used as a bordering or trimming; a full, narrow flounce; a frill; a ruff.

noun. Something resembling a ruffle in form or position.

noun. In ornithology, same as ruff, 2 .

noun. The string of egg-capsules of the periwinkles, whelks, and related gastropods.

noun. In mech., a series of projections, often connected by a web, formed on the inner face of a flange of a metal gudgeon for a wooden shaft or roller, and fitted to a corresponding series of recesses in the end of such shaft or roller, to secure a rigid attachment of the flange and prevent its turning except as the shaft or roller turns with it.

noun. Disquietude or discomposure, as of the mind or temper; annoyance; irritation.

To beat the ruffle on: as, to ruffle a drum.

noun. Milit., a low vibrating beat of the drum, less loud than the roll, and used on certain occasions as a mark of respect.

transitive verb. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.

transitive verb. To furnish with ruffles.

transitive verb. To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion.

transitive verb. To erect in a ruff, as feathers.

transitive verb. To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.

transitive verb. To discompose; to agitate; to disturb.

transitive verb. To throw into disorder or confusion.

transitive verb. To throw together in a disorderly manner.

transitive verb. to exite the resentment of; to irritate.

intransitive verb. To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.

intransitive verb. To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.

intransitive verb. To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.

noun. 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.

noun. A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion.

noun. A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff.

noun. The connected series of large egg capsules, or oöthecæ, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See Oötheca.

noun. the top turned down, and scalloped or plaited.

noun. Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.

noun. disturbance; agitation; commotion

noun. A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.

noun. The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.

verb. To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.

verb. To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.

verb. to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

verb. disturb the smoothness of

verb. mix so as to make a random order or arrangement

verb. pleat or gather into a ruffle

noun. a high tight collar

verb. discompose

noun. a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim

verb. stir up (water) so as to form ripples

verb. twitch or flutter

verb. erect or fluff up

verb. trouble or vex

noun. a noisy fight

"In Germany it is called the ruffle pigeon, in allusion to the feathers on its breast; and it has rarely any feathers on its feet."

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duffel  kerfuffle  muffle  reshuffle  scuffle  

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