ruffle (redirected from ruffle feathers)

ruf·fle ¹  (rfl)

n.

1. A strip of frilled or closely pleated fabric used for trimming or decoration.

2. A ruff on a bird.

3.

a. A ruckus or fray.

b. Annoyance; vexation.

4. An irregularity or a slight disturbance of a surface.

v. ruf·fled, ruf·fling, ruf·fles

v.tr.

1. To disturb the smoothness or regularity of; ripple.

2. To pleat or gather (fabric) into a ruffle.

3. To erect (the feathers). Used of birds.

4. To discompose; fluster: a book that is bound to ruffle some people.

5. To flip through (the pages of a book).

6. To shuffle (cards).

v.intr.

1. To become irregular or rough.

2. To flutter.

3. To become flustered.

---

[From Middle English ruffelen, to roughen.]

---

ruf·fle ²  (rfl)

n.

A low continuous beating of a drum that is not as loud as a roll. Also called ruff⁴.

tr.v. ruf·fled, ruf·fling, ruf·fles

To beat a ruffle on (a drum).

---

[Probably from frequentative of ruff.]

---

ruf·fle ³  (rfl)

intr.v. ruf·fled, ruf·fling, ruf·fles

To behave arrogantly or roughly; swagger.

---

[Middle English ruffelen, to quarrel.]

---

ruffler n.

---

ruffle¹

vb

1. to make, be, or become irregular or rumpled to ruffle a child's hair a breeze ruffling the water

2. to annoy, irritate, or be annoyed or irritated

3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) (tr) to make into a ruffle; pleat

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of a bird) to erect (its feathers) in anger, display, etc.

5. (tr) to flick (cards, pages, etc.) rapidly with the fingers

n

1. an irregular or disturbed surface

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) a strip of pleated material used for decoration or as a trim

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Zoology another name for ruff¹ [2]

4. annoyance or irritation

[of Germanic origin; compare Middle Low German ruffelen to crumple, Old Norse hrufla to scratch]

---

ruffle²

n

(Music, other) a low continuous drumbeat

vb

(Music, other) (tr) to beat (a drum) with a low repetitive beat

[from earlier ruff, of imitative origin]

---

ruffle³

vb

(intr) Archaic to behave riotously or arrogantly; swagger

[of obscure origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ruffle - a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim flounce, furbelow, frill adornment - a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness gauffer, goffer - an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats jabot - a ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt peplum - a flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse
	2.	ruffle - a high tight collar                   neck ruff, ruff, 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.	ruffle - a noisy fight fray, affray, disturbance fighting, combat, fight, scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
Verb	1.	ruffle - stir up (water) so as to form ripples cockle, ripple, undulate, riffle flow, flux - move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"
	2.	ruffle - trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure" annoy, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, nettle, rag, bother, chafe, get at, get to - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
	3.	ruffle - to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house" prance, strut, swagger, tittup, sashay, cock walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
	4.	ruffle - discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues" fluster - cause to be nervous or upset
	5.	ruffle - twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked" riffle, flick move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
	6.	ruffle - mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards" shuffle, mix manipulate - hold something in one's hands and move it reshuffle - shuffle again; "So as to prevent cheating, he was asked to reshuffle the cards" riffle - shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix cut - divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult; "Wayne cut"; "She cut the deck for a long time"
	7.	ruffle - erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers" fluff loosen - make less dense; "loosen the soil"
	8.	ruffle - disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water" ruffle up, rumple, mess up disarrange - destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk"
	9.	ruffle - pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric" pleat fold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"

---

ruffle

verb

1. disarrange, disorder, wrinkle, mess up, rumple, tousle, derange, discompose, dishevel She let the wind ruffle her hair. ripple, riffle, roughen, make ripples in The evening breeze ruffled the pond.

2. annoy, worry, trouble, upset, confuse, stir, disturb, rattle (informal), irritate, put out, unsettle, shake up (informal), harass, hassle (informal), agitate, unnerve, disconcert, disquiet, nettle, vex, fluster, perturb, faze, peeve (informal) My refusal to let him ruffle me infuriated him.
annoy ease, comfort, calm, compose, soothe, console, appease, solace, mollify

Translations

ruffle [ˈrʌfl]

A. N → arruga f (Sew) → volante m fruncido; (= ripple) → rizo m

B. VT [+ surface of water] → agitar, rizar; [+ hair] → despeinar; [+ feathers] → erizar; [+ fabric] → fruncir; [+ bedclothes] → arrugar
nothing ruffles him → no se altera por nada
she wasn't at all ruffled → no se perturbó en lo más mínimo
to ruffle sb's feathers → herir las susceptibilidades de algn
to smooth sb's ruffled feathers → alisar las plumas erizadas de algn

---

ruffle [ˈrʌf^əl]

vt

[+ hair, feathers] → ébouriffer
to ruffle sb's feathers (= upset) → chiffonner qn

[+ clothes] → chiffonner

[+ water] → faire moutonner

(= unnerve) [+ person] → faire perdre son flegme à

n (on blouse, shirt, round neck) → jabot m; (round cuff) → manchette f

---

ruffle

n (on dress) → Rüsche f; (on water) → Kräuseln nt no pl

vt

(= disturb) hair, feathers → zerzausen; surface, water → kräuseln; bedspread, clothes → verkrumpeln (inf); the bird ruffled (up) its feathers → der Vogel plusterte sich auf

(fig: = upset, disturb) → aus der Ruhe bringen; (= annoy) → verärgern, aufbringen; to ruffle somebody’s calm → jdn aus der Ruhe bringen; to ruffle somebody’s feathers → jdn aufregen

---

ruffle [ˈrʌfl] vt (surface) → (far) increspare; (hair, feathers) → arruffare, scompigliare (fig) (person) → (far) agitare, turbare, (far) innervosire
nothing ruffles him → non si scompone mai

---

ruffle [ˈrʌfl] vt (surface) → (far) increspare; (hair, feathers) → arruffare, scompigliare (fig) (person) → (far) agitare, turbare, (far) innervosire
nothing ruffles him → non si scompone mai

---

ruffle

v ruffle [ˈrafl]

to make wrinkled or uneven, especially hair, feathers etc The wind ruffled her hair; The bird ruffled its feathers in anger. deurmekaar maak, pof يُزْعِج، يُكَدِّر разрошвам (се) rozcuchat, načepýřit ruske op i; pjuske op i kräuseln,sträuben αναστατώνω, αναταράσσω alborotar, despeinar; encrespar, erizar sassi ajama, turritama موج دار کردن؛ ناصاف کردن یا شدن pörröttää ébouriffer, hérisser לִפרוֹעַ खुरदरा बनाना, क्रोधित करना, शिकन पड़ना, लहरे पैदा करना nabor felborzol mengacak-acak ÿfa arruffare かきみだす 헝클어 놓다 (su)taršyti, (pa)šiaušti sabužināt merenyukkan in de warmaken, opzetten rufse opp; bruse med fjærene zmierzwić, nastroszyć arrepiar a ciufuli, a zbârli ерошить postrapatiť; načuchrať razmršiti, nasršiti razbarušiti rufsa till, burra upp ทำให้ไม่เรียบ kabartmak; karıştırmak 弄亂 куйовдити, кошлати درہم برہم کرنا làm xù lên 弄乱