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R0340400 (rŭf′əl)n.1. A strip of frilled or closely pleated fabric used for trimming or decoration.2. A ruff on a bird.3. An irregularity or a slight disturbance of a surface: the ruffle on the lake.4. A beating or rustling sound: the ruffle of drums in the distance; the ruffle of a skirt on the floor.v. ruf·fled, ruf·fling, ruf·fles v.tr.1. To disturb the smoothness or regularity of; ripple: The wind ruffled the water.2. a. To pleat or gather (fabric) into a ruffle.b. To put a ruffle on (a garment, for example).3. To erect (the feathers). Used of birds.4. To discompose or annoy; 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: His hair ruffled in the wind. 2. To become annoyed or flustered: What teacher doesn't ruffle when students act up in class?3. a. To flip through the pages of a book: ruffled through the book until I found the picture.b. To search for something in a container: ruffled in her bag looking for the keys.4. To make a beating or rustling sound.

[From Middle English ruffelen, to roughen.]

ruf·fle²

R0340400 (rŭf′əl)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·fle³

R0340400 (rŭf′əl)intr.v. ruf·fled, ruf·fling, ruf·fles Obsolete To behave arrogantly or roughly; swagger.

[Middle English ruffelen, to quarrel.]

ruf′fler n.

ruffle

(ˈrʌfəl) vb1. 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 irritated3. (Knitting & Sewing) (tr) to make into a ruffle; pleat4. (Zoology) (of a bird) to erect (its feathers) in anger, display, etc5. (tr) to flick (cards, pages, etc) rapidly with the fingersn6. an irregular or disturbed surface7. (Knitting & Sewing) a strip of pleated material used for decoration or as a trim8. (Zoology) zoology another name for ruff¹²9. annoyance or irritation[C13: of Germanic origin; compare Middle Low German ruffelen to crumple, Old Norse hrufla to scratch]

ruffle

(ˈrʌfəl) n (Music, other) a low continuous drumbeatvb (Music, other) (tr) to beat (a drum) with a low repetitive beat[C18: from earlier ruff, of imitative origin]

ruffle

(ˈrʌfəl) vb (intr) archaic to behave riotously or arrogantly; swagger[C15: of obscure origin]

ruf•fle¹

(ˈrʌf əl)

v. -fled, -fling,
n. v.t. 1. to destroy the smoothness or evenness of. 2. to erect (the feathers), as a bird in anger. 3. to disturb, vex, or irritate. 4. to turn (pages) rapidly. 5. to pass (cards) through the fingers rapidly in shuffling. 6. to draw up (cloth, lace, etc.) into a ruffle by gathering along one edge. v.i. 7. to be or become ruffled. n. 8. a break in the evenness of a surface. 9. a strip of cloth, lace, etc., gathered along one edge; used as a trimming, as on curtains. 10. something resembling this, as the ruff of a bird. 11. disturbance or vexation; irritation. [1250–1300; ruffelen (v.); c. Low German ruffelen to crumple] ruf′fly, adj.

ruf•fle²

(ˈrʌf əl)

n., v. -fled, -fling. n. 1. a low, continuous beating of a drum. v.t. 2. to beat (a drum) in this manner. [1715–25; archaic ruff in same sense (perhaps imitative) + -le]

ruffle

Past participle: ruffled
Gerund: ruffling

Imperative
ruffle
ruffle

Present
I ruffle
you ruffle
he/she/it ruffles
we ruffle
you ruffle
they ruffle

Preterite
I ruffled
you ruffled
he/she/it ruffled
we ruffled
you ruffled
they ruffled

Present Continuous
I am ruffling
you are ruffling
he/she/it is ruffling
we are ruffling
you are ruffling
they are ruffling

Present Perfect
I have ruffled
you have ruffled
he/she/it has ruffled
we have ruffled
you have ruffled
they have ruffled

Past Continuous
I was ruffling
you were ruffling
he/she/it was ruffling
we were ruffling
you were ruffling
they were ruffling

Past Perfect
I had ruffled
you had ruffled
he/she/it had ruffled
we had ruffled
you had ruffled
they had ruffled

Future
I will ruffle
you will ruffle
he/she/it will ruffle
we will ruffle
you will ruffle
they will ruffle

Future Perfect
I will have ruffled
you will have ruffled
he/she/it will have ruffled
we will have ruffled
you will have ruffled
they will have ruffled

Future Continuous
I will be ruffling
you will be ruffling
he/she/it will be ruffling
we will be ruffling
you will be ruffling
they will be ruffling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been ruffling
you have been ruffling
he/she/it has been ruffling
we have been ruffling
you have been ruffling
they have been ruffling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been ruffling
you will have been ruffling
he/she/it will have been ruffling
we will have been ruffling
you will have been ruffling
they will have been ruffling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been ruffling
you had been ruffling
he/she/it had been ruffling
we had been ruffling
you had been ruffling
they had been ruffling

Conditional
I would ruffle
you would ruffle
he/she/it would ruffle
we would ruffle
you would ruffle
they would ruffle

Past Conditional
I would have ruffled
you would have ruffled
he/she/it would have ruffled
we would have ruffled
you would have ruffled
they would have ruffled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ruffle - a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trimflounce, furbelow, frilladornment - a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainnessgauffer, goffer - an ornamental frill made by pressing pleatsjabot - a ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirtpeplum - a flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse
	2.	ruffle - a high tight collar neck ruff, ruff, chokercollar, neckband - a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded overfraise - a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century
	3.	ruffle - a noisy fight fray, affray, disturbancefighting, 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 ripplescockle, ripple, undulate, riffleflow, 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, cockwalk - 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, flickmove, 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, mixmanipulate - hold something in one's hands and move itreshuffle - 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 intermixcut - 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"fluffloosen - make less dense; "loosen the soil"
	8.	ruffle - disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"ruffle up, rumple, mess updisarrange - 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"pleatfold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"

ruffle

verb1. 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

ruffle

verb1. To impair or destroy the composure of:agitate, bother, discompose, disquiet, distract, disturb, flurry, fluster, perturb, rock, shake (up), toss, unsettle, upset.Informal: rattle.2. To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations:aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, disturb, exasperate, fret, gall, get, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, provoke, put out, rile, vex.Idioms: get in one's hair, get on one's nerves, get under one's skin.

Translations

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ruffle

(ˈrafl) verb to make wrinkled or uneven, especially hair, feathers etc. The wind ruffled her hair; The bird ruffled its feathers in anger.弄乱

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ruffle a few feathers

To do something which annoys, irritates, or upsets other people. I know my presentation about the effects of climate change is going to ruffle a few feathers, but I have got to raise awareness about this issue! Harry's bombastic, arrogant demeanor tends to ruffle a few feathers, but he's a decent guy at heart.See also: feather, few, ruffle

ruffle some feathers

To do something which annoys, irritates, or upsets other people. I know my presentation about the effects of climate change are going to ruffle some feathers, but I have got to raise awareness about this issue! Harry's bombastic, arrogant demeanor tends to ruffle some feathers, but he's a decent guy at heart.See also: feather, ruffle

ruffle (one's) feathers

To annoy, irritate, or upset someone. Sarah's just teasing you. Don't let her ruffle your feathers like that! Harry's bombastic, arrogant demeanor tends to ruffle people's feathers, but he's a decent guy at heart.See also: feather, ruffle

smooth (one's) ruffled feathers

To attempt to calm or placate someone who is annoyed, irritated, or upset. I had to go and smooth my parents' ruffled feathers after my husband criticized them at dinner. The company has been in damage-control mode after the disastrous presentation, with the CEO trying to smooth investor's ruffled feathers.See also: feather, ruffle, smooth

ruffle up (something)

To mess up the smooth surface of something by making individual parts stand on end. A noun or pronoun can also be used between "ruffle" and "up." The cat really hates it if you ruffle up its fur by stroking it back to front. My uncle always ruffles my hair up when he sees me.See also: ruffle, up

ruffle its feathers

[for a bird] to point its feathers outward. The bird ruffled its feathers when it was annoyed. My parrot ruffles its feathers whenever it is ready to preen itself.See also: feather, ruffle

ruffle someone's feathers

Fig. to irritate or annoy someone. I didn't mean to ruffle his feathers. I just thought that I would remind him of what he promised us.See also: feather, ruffle

ruffle something up

to raise something, such as feathers, up or outward. The bird ruffled its feathers up and started to preen. It ruffled up its feathers.See also: ruffle, up

ruffle someone's feathers

Annoy or offend someone, as in Calling him a tightwad really ruffled his feathers. This term alludes to the stiffened, upright feathers of an angry bird. [Mid-1800s] See also: feather, ruffle

ruffle feathers

COMMON If someone ruffles feathers, they say or do something which upsets or annoys people. His management style ruffled a few feathers. The tall Texan ruffled some English feathers with his remarks. Note: If a bird's feathers are ruffled they stand out from its body, for example because it is frightened or angry. See also: feather, ruffle

smooth (someone's) ruffled feathers

If someone smooths ruffled feathers or smooths someone's ruffled feathers, they do something to make people less angry after an argument or a problem. He acted swiftly to smooth the family's ruffled feathers. Eva generally keeps things moving and smooths ruffled feathers.See also: feather, ruffle, smooth

ruffle someone's feathers

cause someone to become annoyed or upset.See also: feather, ruffle

smooth someone's ruffled feathers

make someone less angry or irritated by using soothing words.See also: feather, ruffle, smooth

ruffle somebody’s/a few ˈfeathers

(informal) annoy somebody by doing something that upsets and disturbs them: All this talk of a strike has clearly ruffled the management’s feathers. OPPOSITE: smooth (somebody’s) ruffled feathersThis refers to the way the wind disturbs the smooth surface of a bird’s feathers so that they stick out.See also: feather, few, ruffle

smooth (somebody’s) ruffled ˈfeathers

make somebody feel less angry or offended: Her note of apology was meant to smooth ruffled feathers, but it only seemed to make things worse. OPPOSITE: ruffle somebody’s/a few feathersSee also: feather, ruffle, smooth

ruffle up

v. To make some surface less smooth by partially lifting the individual parts that make up that surface: The wind ruffled up the bird's feathers. Don't ruffle my hair up.See also: ruffle, up

ruffle someone's feathers, to

To irritate someone. The transfer of stiffened, upright feathers from angry birds to human beings took place around 1800. “The Dean ruffled his plumage and said, with some asperity . . . ,” wrote Frederic W. Farrar (Julian Home, 1859).See also: ruffle

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verb disarrange

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verb annoy

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verb to impair or destroy the composure of

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verb to trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations

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

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noun a high tight collar

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noun a noisy fight

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verb stir up (water) so as to form ripples

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verb trouble or vex

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

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verb discompose

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verb twitch or flutter

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verb mix so as to make a random order or arrangement

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verb erect or fluff up

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verb disturb the smoothness of

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verb pleat or gather into a ruffle

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