ruffle
ruh fuhl
- n a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
- n a high tight collar
- n a noisy fight
- v stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- v trouble or vex
ruffle somebody's composure - v to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
- v discompose
This play is going to ruffle some people - v twitch or flutter
- v mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- v erect or fluff up
the bird ruffled its feathers - v disturb the smoothness of
ruffle the surface of the water - v pleat or gather into a ruffle
ruffle the curtain fabric
- Stewart admits that she hasn't sewed her own clothes in years, but she still makes the occasional dust ruffle and says her skills remain sharp.
- It's true that the discoveries of Picasso and Pollock don't much ruffle the grave surfaces of Wyeth's work.
- So as not to ruffle any local activists' feathers, the members elected as their president a relative newcomer to Montgomery, the young minister of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church: the .