Ruffle - Definition

n 1: a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
[syn: frill, flounce, ruffle, furbelow]
2: a high tight collar [syn: choker, ruff, ruffle, neck
ruff]
3: a noisy fight [syn: affray, disturbance, fray,
ruffle]
v 1: stir up (water) so as to form ripples [syn: ripple,
ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate]
2: trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure"
3: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to
impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen
house" [syn: tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance,
strut, sashay, cock]
4: discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She
has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues"
5: twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked" [syn: flick,
ruffle, riffle]
6: mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the
cards" [syn: shuffle, ruffle, mix]
7: erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers" [syn:
ruffle, fluff]
8: disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"
[syn: ruffle, ruffle up, rumple, mess up]
9: pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"
[syn: ruffle, pleat]