Unscramble ruffle

Definition of ruffle

noun:

• a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim. Synonyms: flounce, frill, furbelow.
• a high tight collar. Synonyms: choker, neck ruff, ruff.
• a noisy fight. Synonyms: affray, disturbance, fray.

verb:

• stir up (water) so as to form ripples. Synonyms: cockle, riffle, ripple, undulate.
• trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure".
• to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house". Synonyms: cock, prance, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup.
• discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people", "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues".
• twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked". Synonyms: flick, riffle.
• mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards". Synonyms: mix, shuffle.
• erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers". Synonyms: fluff.
• disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water". Synonyms: mess up, ruffle up, rumple.
• pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric". Synonyms: pleat.

Related words

cut, fraise, gauffer, goffer, jabot, peplum, reshuffle, riffle.

Words nearby

duffle, muffle, raffle, riffle, ruffled, truffle.

Rhymes with

duffel, kerfuffle, muffle, reshuffle, scuffle, shuffle, truffle.