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ruf·fle 1
(rŭf′əl)- When Donald Trump appeared on 'The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,' he allowed the host to mess up his hair.
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1. A strip of frilled or closely pleated fabric used for trimming or decoration.
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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.tr.1. To disturb the smoothness or regularity of; ripple: The wind ruffled the water.
2. b. To put a ruffle on (a garment, for example).
4. To discompose or annoy; fluster: a book that is bound to ruffle some people.
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.
[From Middle English ruffelen, to roughen.]
ruf·fle 2
(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
[Probably from frequentative of ruff.]
ruf·fle 3
(rŭf′əl)intr.v.ruf·fled,
ruf·fling, ruf·flesObsolete To behave arrogantly or roughly; swagger.
ruf′fler n.
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ruffle
(ˈrʌfəl) vb1. to make, be, or become irregular or rumpled: to ruffle a child's hair; a breeze ruffling the water.
3. (Knitting & Sewing) (tr) to make into a ruffle; pleat
4. (Zoology) (of a bird) to erect (its feathers) in anger, display, etc
5. (tr) to flick (cards, pages, etc) rapidly with the fingers
n7. (Knitting & Sewing) a strip of pleated material used for decoration or as a trim
9. annoyance or irritation
[C13: of Germanic origin; compare Middle Low German ruffelen to crumple, Old Norse hrufla to scratch]
ruffle
(ˈrʌfəl)n
vb (Music, other) (tr) to beat (a drum) with a low repetitive beat
ruffle
(ˈrʌfəl) vb (intr) archaic to behave riotously or arrogantly; swagger
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ruf•fle1
(ˈrʌf əl)v. -fled, -fling,
n. v.t.
2. to erect (the feathers), as a bird in anger.
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. 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.
[1250–1300; ruffelen (v.); c. Low German ruffelen to crumple]
ruf•fle2
(ˈrʌf əl)n., v. -fled, -fling.n.
1. a low, continuous beating of a drum.
v.t. [1715–25; archaic ruff in same sense (perhaps imitative) + -le]
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ruffle
Past participle: ruffled
Gerund: ruffling
| Imperative |
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| ruffle |
| ruffle |
| Present |
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| I ruffle |
| you ruffle |
| he/she/it ruffles |
| we ruffle |
| you ruffle |
| they ruffle |
| Preterite |
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| I ruffled |
| you ruffled |
| he/she/it ruffled |
| we ruffled |
| you ruffled |
| they ruffled |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am ruffling |
| you are ruffling |
| he/she/it is ruffling |
| we are ruffling |
| you are ruffling |
| they are ruffling |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have ruffled |
| you have ruffled |
| he/she/it has ruffled |
| we have ruffled |
| you have ruffled |
| they have ruffled |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was ruffling |
| you were ruffling |
| he/she/it was ruffling |
| we were ruffling |
| you were ruffling |
| they were ruffling |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had ruffled |
| you had ruffled |
| he/she/it had ruffled |
| we had ruffled |
| you had ruffled |
| they had ruffled |
| Future |
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| I will ruffle |
| you will ruffle |
| he/she/it will ruffle |
| we will ruffle |
| you will ruffle |
| they will ruffle |
| Future Perfect |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| I would ruffle |
| you would ruffle |
| he/she/it would ruffle |
| we would ruffle |
| you would ruffle |
| they would ruffle |
| Past Conditional |
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| 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 |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
| 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 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 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 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' 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' | |
| 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' 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' loosen - make less dense; 'loosen the soil' | |
| 8. | ruffle - disturb the smoothness of; 'ruffle the surface of the water' 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' 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
verb1.disarrange, disorder, wrinkle, mess up, rumple, tousle, derange, discompose, dishevelShe let the wind ruffle her hair.ripple, riffle, roughen, make ripples inThe 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.
annoyease, comfort, calm, compose, soothe, console, appease, solace, mollify
annoyease, comfort, calm, compose, soothe, console, appease, solace, mollify
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Ruffle The Hair Crossword Clue
ruffle
verb1. To impair or destroy the composure of:agitate, bother, discompose, disquiet, distract, disturb, flurry, fluster, perturb, rock, shake (up), toss, unsettle, upset.
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.
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načepýřitrozcuchat
ÿfa
sabužināt
ruffle
[ˈrʌfl]A.N → arrugaf (Sew) → volantemfruncido; (= ripple) → rizom
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 plumaserizadas de algn
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 plumaserizadas de algn
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
ruffle
Ruffle Their Feather Meaning
[ˈrʌfəl]vt [+ hair, feathers] → ébouriffer
to ruffle sb's feathers (= upset) → chiffonner qn
to ruffle sb's feathers (= upset) → chiffonner qn
[+ water] →
(= unnerve) [+ person] → faireperdre son flegme à
n(on blouse, shirt, round neck) → jabotm; (round cuff) → manchettef
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
ruffle
n (on dress) → Rüschef; (on water) → Kräuselnnt no pl
vt(= disturb)hair, feathers → zerzausen; surface, water → kräuseln; bedspread, clothes → verkrumpeln(inf); the bird ruffled (up) its feathers → der Vogelplusterte sich auf
(fig: = upset, disturb) → aus der Ruhebringen; (= annoy) → verärgern, aufbringen; to ruffle somebody’s calm → jdn aus der Ruhebringen; to ruffle somebody’s feathers →
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
ruffle
[ˈrʌfl]vt (surface) → (far) increspare; (hair, feathers) → arruffare, scompigliare (fig) (person) → (far) agitare, turbare, (far) innervosirenothing ruffles him → non si scomponemai
Ruffle Definition
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
ruffle
(ˈrafl) verb 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) franzir rozcuchat, načepýřit kräuseln, sträuben ruske op i; pjuske op i αναστατώνω, αναταράσσωalborotar, 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 war maken, opzettenrufse opp; bruse med fjærene zmierzwić, nastroszyć موج لرونکی، ناصاف کول یاکیدل 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
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