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Noun ruffle has 3 senses

frill, flounce, ruffle, furbelow - a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
--₁ is a kind of adornment
--₁ has particulars: goffer, gauffer; jabot; peplum
Derived form: verb ruffle₉
choker, ruff, ruffle, neck ruff - a high tight collar
--₂ is a kind of collar, neckband
--₂ has particulars: fraise
affray, disturbance, fray, ruffle - a noisy fight
--₃ is a kind of fight, fighting, combat, scrap

Verb ruffle has 9 senses

ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate - stir up (water) so as to form ripples
--₁ is one way to flow, flux
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
ruffle - trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure"
--₂ is one way to annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to ruffle Sue
swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock - to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"
--₃ is one way to walk
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
ruffle - discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues"
--₄ is one way to fluster
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
flick, ruffle, riffle - twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked"
--₅ is one way to move, displace
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
shuffle, ruffle, mix - mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards"
--₆ is one way to manipulate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
ruffle, fluff - erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers"
--₇ is one way to loosen
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
ruffle, ruffle up, rumple, mess up - disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"
--₈ is one way to disarrange
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
ruffle, pleat - pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"
--₉ is one way to fold, fold up, turn up

Derived form: noun ruffle₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something