ruff

ruff ¹  (rf)

n.

1. A stiffly starched frilled or pleated circular collar of lace, muslin, or other fine fabric, worn by men and women in the 16th and 17th centuries.

2. A distinctive collarlike projection around the neck, as of feathers on a bird or of fur on a mammal.

3. A Eurasian sandpiper (Philomachus pugnax) the male of which has collarlike, erectile feathers around the neck during the breeding season.

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[Perhaps short for ruffle.]

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ruffed adj.

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ruff ²  (rf) Games

n.

1. The playing of a trump card when one cannot follow suit.

2. An old game resembling whist.

tr. & intr.v. ruffed, ruff·ing, ruffs

To trump or play a trump.

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[Obsolete French ronfle, roffle, a kind of card game, from Old French ronfle, from renfler, to rise : re-, re- + enfler, to cause to swell (from Latin nflre; see inflate).]

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ruff ³  (rf)

n.

A small European freshwater fish (Acerina cernua) related to the perches.

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[Middle English ruffe, probably from Medieval Latin rufus, a kind of fish.]

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ruff ⁴  (rf)

n.

See ruffle².

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[Of imitative origin.]

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ruff¹

n

1. (Clothing & Fashion) a circular pleated, gathered, or fluted collar of lawn, muslin, etc., often starched or wired, worn by both men and women in the 16th and 17th centuries

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a natural growth of long or coloured hair or feathers around the necks of certain animals or birds

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals)

a.  an Old World shore bird, Philomachus pugnax, the male of which has a large erectile ruff of feathers in the breeding season: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc.), order Charadriiformes

b.  the male of this bird Compare reeve³

[back formation from ruffle¹]

rufflike  adj

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ruff²

n Cards

1. (Group Games / Card Games) (also verb) another word for trump¹

2. (Group Games / Card Games) an old card game similar to whist

[from Old French roffle; perhaps changed from Italian trionfa trump¹]

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ruff³

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for roughie¹

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ruff - an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal frill external body part - any body part visible externally
	2.	ruff - a high tight collar                   neck ruff, ruffle, choker collar, neckband - a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over fraise - a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century
	3.	ruff - common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season Philomachus pugnax sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers genus Philomachus, Philomachus - ruffs reeve - female ruff
	4.	ruff - (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit trumping turn, play - (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play" card game, cards - a game played with playing cards bridge - any of various card games based on whist for four players
Verb	1.	ruff - play a trump                         trump card game, cards - a game played with playing cards move, go - have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?" overtrump - play a trump higher than (one previously played) to the trick crossruff - trump alternately in two hands

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ruff noun

Related words
female reeve
collective noun hill

Translations

ruff¹ [rʌf] N

1. (Dress) → gorguera f, gola f

2. (Orn, Zool) → collarín m

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ruff² [rʌf] (Cards)

A. N

1. (= game) viejo juego de cartas similar al whist

2. (= act of trumping) → fallo m

B. VT → fallar

ruff [ˈrʌf] n → fraise f, collerette f

ruff¹

n

(on dress etc, of bird, animal) → Halskrause f

(= bird) → Kampfläufer m

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ruff² (Cards)

n → Trumpfen nt

vti → trumpfen, stechen

ruff [rʌf] n (Dress) → gorgiera (Zool) → collare m

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ruff [rʌf] n (Dress) → gorgiera (Zool) → collare m