ruffle

About 0.29 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.

   She loved the dress with the lace ruffle at the hem.

2. noun Disturbance; agitation; commotion.

   to put the mind in a ruffle

3. noun A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
4. noun The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
5. verb To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.

   Ruffle the end of the cuff.

6. verb To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.

   The wind ruffled the papers.

7. verb To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
8. verb To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.

Similar words

frill furbelow choker pleat ruff fluff prance ripple undulate flounce

Often followed by

the of his and her on it at to

Word family

ruffle some feathers ruffled ruffled some feathers ruffles ruffles some feathers ruffling ruffling some feathers ruffly