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Meaning of ruffle

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ruffle
      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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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