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- Ruffle - v. t. - To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
- Ruffle - v. t. - To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.
- Ruffle - v. t. - To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion.
- Ruffle - v. t. - To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
- Ruffle - v. t. - To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
- Ruffle - v. t. - To discompose; to agitate; to disturb.
- Ruffle - v. t. - To throw into disorder or confusion.
- Ruffle - v. t. - To throw together in a disorderly manner.
- Ruffle - v. i. - To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
- Ruffle - v. i. - To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
- Ruffle - v. i. - To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
- Ruffle - v. t. & i. - That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.
- Ruffle - v. t. & i. - A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.
- Ruffle - v. t. & i. - A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff.
- Ruffle - v. t. & i. - The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See Ootheca.
- Ruffled - imp. & p. p. - of Ruffle
- Ruffleless - a. - Having no ruffle.
- Rufflement - n. - The act of ruffling.
- Ruffler - n. - One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian.
- Ruffler - n. - That which ruffles; specifically, a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles.
- Discountenance - v. t. - To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.
- Jabot - n. - Originally, a kind of ruffle worn by men on the bosom of the shirt.
- Frill - v. i. - A similar ruffle around the legs or other appendages of animals.
- Ruffle - v. t. - To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.
- Annoy - n. - To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks.
- Roil - v. - To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex.
- Puff - v. t. - To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.