ruffle (redirected from ruffled 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.

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[From Middle English ruffelen, to roughen.]

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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).

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[Probably from frequentative of ruff⁴.]

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ruffle

Verb

[-fling, -fled]

1. to disturb the smoothness of: the wind was ruffling Dad's hair

2. to annoy or irritate

3. (of a bird) to erect its feathers in anger or display

4. to flick cards or pages rapidly

Noun

a strip of pleated material used as a trim [Germanic]

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"

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ruffle

verb 1. disarrange, disorder, wrinkle, mess up, rumple, tousle, derange, discompose, dishevel, muss U.S., Canad.

verb 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) hack off (informal) << OPPOSITE calm

Translations

ruffle [ˈrʌfl] vt [+ hair] → despeinar [+ clothes]; arrugar;

(fig) [+ person]; agitar

ruffle [ˈrʌfl] vt [+ hair] → ébouriffer [+ clothes]; chiffonner [+ water]; agiter (fig) [+ person]; émouvoir, faire perdre son flegme à;

to get ruffled → s'énerver

ruffle [ˈrʌfl] vt (hair, feathers) → zerzausen;

(water) → kräuseln (fig) (person) → aus der Fassung bringen

ruffle [ˈrʌfl] vt [+ hair] → scompigliare [+ clothes, water]; increspare;

(fig) [+ person]; turbare

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ruffle

v ruffle [ˈrafl]

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