English to English
noun
- a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
source: WordNet 3.0
- a high tight collar
source: WordNet 3.0
- a noisy fight
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
source: WordNet 3.0
- trouble or vex
Ruffle somebody's composure.
source: WordNet 3.0
- to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
He struts around like a rooster in a hen house.
source: WordNet 3.0
- discompose
This play is going to ruffle some people.
She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues.
source: WordNet 3.0
- twitch or flutter
The paper flicked.
source: WordNet 3.0
- mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
Shuffle the cards.
source: WordNet 3.0
- erect or fluff up
The bird ruffled its feathers.
source: WordNet 3.0
- disturb the smoothness of
Ruffle the surface of the water.
source: WordNet 3.0
- pleat or gather into a ruffle
Ruffle the curtain fabric.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
source: Webster 1913
- To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [rafl] Lupì; tupî; lilís
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
